You read about somebody, and it doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.
“I heard a lot of those things. I heard that I was greedy; that I didn't care about winning; heard the questioning of my loyalty. And I'm thinking: 'Of course I want to win. I've been winning my entire life.'”
“When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.”