/lit/ - Literature

anyone read this? what is it like?

>>5220925
You never hear of an athlete living in his mother's basement.

Anyone here read sports literature? Particularly auto/biographies about sporting icons?

"Straight Shooter" by Matthew Lloyd is probably my favourite. I'll admit that I'm biased because I'm a big fan of the man himself, but his work is surprisingly erudite.

This book is the story of a kid driven by a fear of failure to climb the highest peaks in football. A young man who taught himself how to achieve a zen-like state of mind when kicking for goal, to become an astonishingly accurate full forward.

It is a personal account of how he had to come to terms with a new coach, who as a previous player himself, envied Lloyd and dismantled his career in a clandestine fashion. Yet as the established captain of the Essendon Football Club, he continued to be a loyal servant to a club plagued by political scheming.

It contains an brutally honest account of how he nearly, but fairly almost made an opposition player a paraplegic. Society's hatred towards him as a direct result of the incident forced him into early retirement.

Above all, it is a fascinating read about an astonishing career from a man who is a Straight Shooter in more ways than one.

>>5192356
>>5192369
Thanks men I'll look into them

>>5191996
Satire, plebian. Learn it.

>>5191957
No. This is what happens when you read a book not barracking for house Hufflepuff or whatever

>>5191776
Um no?

Tyrion's chapters like most chapters are "literally" GRRM's rants about how reading and reading alone will make you the most divine human being in the world.

Anyone who is more interested in athletic pursuits are given terrible characteristics.

It just reeks of this whole neckbeard culture that people who play sports are stupid, even though it has been proven physical exercise will sharpen your mind more than reading does.

You can't. Intelligent people like myself can easily distinguish between someone with a powerful mind and a dipshit trying to look smart.

>>5191643
Typical pleb

>>5191649
>Nah man shit man naah let me light up this bad boy n then tell u what a faggit you are lol 420

>>5191604
"IRL" I am one of the more remarkable human beings to walk the planet. Don't project your insecurities on me just because I made a thread you don't like.

>>5191573
No shit but it might inspire you

>>5191544
Fuck off idiot this isn't about memes. I genuinely want to see the neckbeards of /lit/ read some sports literature. If they participated in sports their quality of life would increase ten fold. Nietzch was a betamensche. At least I'm trying to guide you to become something more than that.

>>5191518
>Hurrrr yuh mum is fat
Grow up kid
>>5191501
yeah it is you fuckn neckbeard

>>5189570
Because entertainment on fb comes in short concentrated bursts.

Look how online media companies report news these days. They might post something like '50% of people in the UK are non-white, politicians say this is a good thing'. Just based off that par alone it's going to cause huge debate amongst social media, people in droves will click on the link and might only read 20% of the article, but that doesn't matter.

Anyone read any good Sports Literature lately?

>>5189393
Sorry didn't see the 'the'. I skimmed through the rest of your post after deciding you were a moran for failing to place an apostrophe in you're 'its'

>>5189368
I'm probably getting trolled here, but if you like Muse then I'm not surprised you don't know what creativity is.

>>5189322
Also anti-semitism has everything to do with being politically "incorrect", moran

>>5189306
Who is getting mad here? This thread has been up for 4 days, with mostly myself posting in it. At least 30 other threads have been deleted in that time. Sports Literature has a place here anon whether you like it or not.

>>5189280
No you narcissistic BPD faggot suffering from "psychosis"

>>5189085
>/lit/ is exactly what I want it to be

Hypocrite.

>>5186804
Probably not.

Too many BETA as fuarrrrrk cunts

Anyone read any Sports Literature lately?

>>5185727
I'll pick both friend, and in doing so keep my mind healthier for longer than yours