Quote of the day
All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes.
Con Houlihan

Born: December 6, 1925
Died: August 4, 2012 (aged 86)
Bio: Con Houlihan was an Irish sportswriter. Despite only progressing to national journalism at the age of 46, he became "the greatest and the best-loved Irish sports journalist of all".
Known for:
- In So Many Words: The Best of Con Houlihan (2002)
- More Than A Game: Selected Sporting Essays (2003)
- A Harvest: New, Rare and Uncollected Essays






