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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Talks about Experiencing Racism with Coach Wooden (5/18/17)

By John Wooden — 2017

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks about his book, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court, including Coach Wooden’s reaction to witnessing racism.

03:17 min

The Luminous Darkness

The Luminous Darkness is a commentary on what segregation does to the human soul. First published in the 1960s, Howard Thurman's insights apply today as we still try to heal the wound of those days.

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Howard Thurman
2014
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Simone Biles More than Earned the Right to Win a Medal for Herself

She looked for all the world like a woman who could not be cowed. And then just when her many detractors thought she was out for good, she pulled herself back in.

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Andrew Lawrence
2021
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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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A Still Quiet Place for Athletes: Mindfulness Skills for Achieving Peak Performance and Finding Flow in Sports and Life

Based on her groundbreaking Still Quiet Place mindfulness program, holistic physician, mindfulness coach, and long-time athlete Amy Saltzman provides practical, step-by-step exercises and skills to help both sports enthusiasts and professional athletes cultivate present-moment awareness, find flow,...

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Amy Saltzman
2021
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The Breakout Principle: How to Activate the Natural Trigger that Maximizes Creativity, Athletic Performance, Productivity, and Personal Well-Being

In The Breakout Principle, the bestselling author of The Relaxation Response delivers the ultimate self-help principle—simple instructions to activate a powerful biological trigger that converts conflict and confusion into clarity and extraordinary performance, a state athletes refer to as “the...

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Herbert Benson, William Proctor
2004
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

Organized chronologically and divided by the four venues in which he was held as a sentenced prisoner, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela begins in Pretoria Local Prison, where Mandela was held following his 1962 trial.

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Nelson Mandela, Sahm Venter (editor), Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela (foreword)
2018
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