I never played sports as a kid. This is maybe not a surprise for someone who grew up to be a lover of words in all forms—but I certainly fell into that category as a child as well. I made straight A’s, I attended the gifted program, I was allowed to make up my own vocabulary words because the regular ones weren’t challenging enough. I was, for all intents and purposes, a nerd. However, the real reason I didn’t play a sport was because, having grown to my adult size by third g