Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.

Like families, competitors can bring out the worst as well as the best in each other. Like romance, competition has many faces, some of them ugly. In addition to showing me my grace and graciousness, the mirror of sports has reflected back to me my jealousy, pettiness, and arrogance.

For every man with a baseball story - a memory of a moment at the plate or in the field - there is a woman with a couldn't-play-baseball story.

The stronger women get, the more men love football.

Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.

Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.

The act of sport remains a human act, unrelated to gender.