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I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.

John Irving

John Irving Biography

  Nationality: American
Type: Novelist

Born: March 2, 1942
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