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Kobe Bryant: The Power of Sleep and Meditation

2020

Kobe Bryant was always more than a legendary basketball player. Here, Bryant, who felt strongly that well-being is critical for peak performance, shares how prioritizing sleep and meditation benefited his game.

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Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence

In Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as much as your physical skill does, if not more so.

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Gary Mack, David Casstevens
2002
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The Champion Mindset: An Athlete’s Guide to Mental Toughness

Champions, as the familiar adage preaches, are not born―they’re made. Reaching the top of any sport, or any aspect of life, takes years upon years of dedication and proper preparation.

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Joanna Zeiger
2017
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Winning: The Psychology of Competition

This book is designed to explain why winners win, why losers lose―and why everyone else finishes in the same position time after time. Addressing the competitor―whether in sailing, tennis, golf, baseball, or other sport―Stuart H.

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Stuart H. Walker
1986
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Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You’re a Girl (and Other Truths about Winning)

This is what your coaches would have said to you if you were a boy, told through the story of a small-college team that won more games than it ever had a right to win.

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Dan Blank
2014
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The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made

Never have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us. So how are these extraordinary athletes made and what do their achievements tell us about success? THE BEST reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world got that way.

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Mark Williams, Tim Wigmore
2025
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Age Shouldn’t Be a Barrier to Playing Competitive Sports

To stay healthy and fit, older people have traditionally been advised to take up gentle activities, such as walking and tai chi. But it’s time we added competitive sports to the mix.

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Claire Jenkin
2018
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Forward: A Memoir

Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. At age seven she was put on the boys’ soccer team. At age thirty-five she would become the highest goal scorer—male or female—in the history of soccer, capturing the nation’s heart with her team’s 2015 World Cup Championship.

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Abby Wambach
2017
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The Champion’s Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive

Even among the most elite performers, certain athletes stand out as a cut above the rest, able to outperform in clutch, game-deciding moments. These athletes prove that raw athletic ability doesn’t necessarily translate to a superior on-field experience—it’s the mental game that matters most.

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Jim Afremow
2015
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The Wrestler: A Life of Passion and the Pursuit of Greatness

Michael Fessler peers into the life of a wrestler. From the internal struggles of balancing glory and humility, to the mental struggles of confidence and self-defeat, "The Wrestler" brings the reader into the competitive arena. And often times, aspects of this arena are hidden.

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Michael Fessler
2016
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