This book cracks along at a bracing pace. . . Holmes is a real-life Cinderella.

In this fine book, as bright as the lady herself, her motivation, her work ethic, her pride, hopes, dreams and disasters are laid bare. This year's must-have story of a national heroine.

Readers will enjoy the access into her childhood and her years in the Army

Pinsent tells his own story in A Lifetime in a Race, and tells it truthfully ...This is another tale that rips off the page and says big, powerful things about sport, and about the frailties of big, powerful men

A gripping account of his life and most recent times. He deftly conveys the sheer effort needed to survive the brutal training regimes in top-level rowing, as well as the obsessive intensity that brought him his Olympic haul

I much enjoyed Matthew Pinsent's A Lifetime in a Race, partly because he wrote it himself, partly because he turned out to be such a likeable and interesting guy, and partly because it gently taught me a great deal about rowing

An honest and evocative read which details how winning a gold medal takes much more than "merely" winning a final

Pinsent is a person of many talents. One of them is writing an autobiography

Good looking, rich, a sublimely talented athlete and an excellent writer ... an incredible story adeptly told

Notable for its honesty. The Liverpool defender's published opinion that he is happier retired from international football prompted a media frenzy

One of the few current footballers worth an autobiography

Amid the basketful of bland post-World Cup books, McGrath's life story stands out a mile... Fascinating reading.

The Republic of Ireland's most popular sportsman, still adored by fans of Manchester United and Villa.

An all-too honest account of a playing career that just got better and better, despite threatening to go off the rails.

An extraordinary book.

Harrowing and brutally honest...a gripping story.

Brutally honest.

Less a football autobiography, more repentant confessional.

stunning