Ragnar Kjartansson, as quoted by Calvin Tomkins in "Play It Again," The New Yorker, 4.11.16

"As a child in Reykjavik, Kjartansson liked girls better than boys. He got teased a lot in school, not so much because he played Barbie-doll games with the girls but because he was so bad at sports.

The coach would say, 'Let's watch Ragnar kick the ball in the goal,' and I could never do it. They would all laugh and laugh, and I would go home crying and wish I was dead. But now I think the most glorious thing that can happen to you is to be bad at sports. The whole world opens up."