Praise for 52 WEEKS: Interviews With Champions!
“Dave Hollander doesn’t just interview sports figures. He has
conversations with them that are so natural, you feel as if you are
sitting around a kitchen table, talking sports and
life with some of the most intriguing people. With his smart, and sometimes
irreverent approach, Dave offers the thinking athlete room to think.”
—Selena
Roberts, The New York Times
“Dave Hollander’s 52 Weeks is a one of a kind – fifty
two interviews that will evoke an OOOH and AAAHH from every sports
fan-an insightful, feel good book”
—Bill Bradley
“Dave [Hollander] has the unique ability to make even the most
cliché-ridden interview a must-read...No matter if he's speaking
with Lawrence Taylor about his favorite New Jersey diner or discussing
how the Sistine Chapel compares with a now-forgotten mural of Dwight
Gooden, Dave is able to paint a portrait of these athletic legends
that is far more robust and life-like than anything they accomplished
on the field of play.”
—Paul Forrester, SportsIllustrated.com
“A home run! Dave Hollander can touch 'em all ... An incredibly
fun must-read.”
—Steve Somers, WFAN Radio
“Dave Hollander is clearly out of his mind. … [He] makes
you cringe as he asks the question that you would like to hear the
answer to but wouldn't have the courage—or lack of common sense—to
ask yourself... Fascinating”
—New York Press
“Stylistic interviews from a well-traveled sports journalis...
cool and free-wheeling”
—Orlando Sentinel
“[Dave Hollander] is super-foxy and extra-funny”
—Gawker.com
“Dave Hollander drops Rilke, Lysistrata, and the Chinese Zodiac
into a sports interview as seamlessly as questions about the lack of
fundamentals in the NBA, the designated hitter, or the NFL salary cap.
A rip-roaring read, full of laugh-out-loud moments.”
—Penthouse
Magazine
“[Dave] Hollander is a hoot! 52 Weeks gives you the good, the
bad and the ugly. Mix ‘em all together and you got yourself one
helluva fun book. I loved it!”
—Bum Phillips
“Dave Hollander came up with the novel idea of interviewing
52 prominent athletes, one a week … and got them all to tell
him things they might not have told anyone else. The idea works.”
—Newark Star-Ledger
Who wants to hear another athlete or coach say they're "taking
it one game at a time," or they're going "to give 110 percent"?
Not Hollander... ask[ing] the questions that we’d all
like to ask... A fascinating array of heroes reflecting on the
games they played.”
—Booklist
“Dave Hollander gets my respect—a great writer who understands
the game of basketball and the game of life very, very well.”
—Micheal “Sugar” Ray Richardson
“Dave Hollander is the Yasha Heifitz of sports interviewers.
His queries often roust his unsuspecting subjects from the sleepy haze
of publicist-induced slumber, and he never lets them hit the snooze
button.”
—New York Sports Express