“Know someone with a bad case of wanderlust? Sam Sheridan has it and brings it alive in A Fighter’s Heart. . . fascinating.” —Carol Herwig, USA Today
“There’s a world of fighting out there, 10,000 ways to get your clock cleaned, and on his grand tour in A Fighter’s Heart, Sheridan hits many of the high spots. . . . Like Ishmael, the narrator of Moby Dick, Sheridan presents himself as a resourceful, accepting guy who can take care of himself, who tries all things and opens himself to their meaning. . . . Sheridan consistently succeeds in making the reader share his urge to do, to see, to know, to find out what happens next and how much it’s going to hurt. He turns even the most technical fighting lessons into exercises in greater self-knowledge.” —Carlo Rotella, Chicago Tribune
“Required reading for all MMA fans.” —Danny Acosta, FIGHT! Magazine
“The obsessive, brutal subcultures Sheridan explores are inherently fascinating, and his behind-the-scenes access makes for a gripping read.” —Sara Cardace, The Washington Post
“A Fighter’s Heart has plenty of ‘fighter,’ and an abundance of ‘heart.’ Sheridan’s gifts as an athlete are matched by his gifts as an aesthete. He’s written a fine book. And we’d be making the same pronouncement even if he couldn’t kick our ass.” —L. Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated
“If you like your adventures lighter on philosophical humor and heavier on bloodied noses. . .” —Steven Rinella, Outside
“[Sheridan’s] written two of literature’s best books on fighting: A Fighter’s Heart and A Fighter’s Mind.” —Field and Stream
“Sheridan’s two books are now required reading for our fighters. At most every gathering I tell them to be sure to get the books, because other than the Bible, they are the best fight books ever written.” —Denny Holzbauer, 6-time World Champion kick boxer and founder of American Bushido-Kai Karate Association
“Any honest, serious attempt to understand men should include a survey of sports writing and biographies of athletes . . . Sam Sheridan’s The Fighter’s Mind is as good a place as any to start . . . Sheridan is something of a ‘gonzo’ journalist. He’s a bookworm, sure, but he’s also one of the guys. He writes about fighters because he, too, is driven to fight. He gets the kind of access and honesty and insight he does from his subjects because, clearly, he can hang.” —Jack Donovan, Alternative Right
“From childhood, we search out questions, curiously going places we’re told not to, instinctively testing ourselves—perhaps walking across a thin beam above a construction site—as our heart goes fast then quiet. There is something in man that demands to know what he can handle, and what he can’t or won’t. Sam Sheridan goes to find out—and he takes everyone with him.” —Teddy Atlas, legendary boxing trainer and commentator
“After reading Sam’s book you’ll be sweating like you were there with him, you might even have blood trickling out of your nose.” —Pat Miletich, Five time UFC champion, trainer of 11 world champions
“[An] excellent book.” —BoxingScene.com
“This is an enlightening book for anyone who has ever itched to get into a barroom brawl or wondered why anyone would.” —Oxford Square Books Newsletter
“Oh great, I thought a dilettante from Harvard is going to tourist his way through the world of fighting and then pump out a pompous tome of first person ‘insights.’ . . . Then when my bud asked if I’d read the book and launched into a pretty interesting discussion of ideas he picked up from Sheridan, I reconsidered and I’m glad I did. . . . it is a worthwhile read . . . his conclusions about the reasons men and women train and fight professionally are interesting.” —Kid Nate, BloodyElbow.com
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