Athlete Motivation

Miles to Mindset: The Transformative Power of Cross Country Running Cross country running is more than a sport—it’s a journey of mental resilience, physical endurance, and self-discovery. Miles to Mindset explores the transformative power of cross country, weaving personal stories, coaching wisdom, and scientific insights into an inspiring guide for runners of all levels. From the thrill of the first race to the challenges of marathon training, this book dives deep into the mindset required to succeed in the sport, the evolution of training methodologies, and the importance of recovery ...

Inspiring Football Stories for Kids and Teens 🏈 35 Epic Stories of Perseverance, Teamwork, and Legendary Greatness! 🏆 Football isn’t just a game—it’s a journey of determination, teamwork, and never giving up. Every touchdown, every impossible catch, and every game-changing play is a lesson in resilience, heart, and pushing past limits. In this book, young readers will dive into 35 inspiring true stories of football’s greatest players, coaches, and teams. From Tom Brady’s underdog rise to GOAT status to Patrick Mahomes’ electrifying playmaking, from Walter Payton’s ...

Conversations with Legends: Television Stars, Athletes, and Business Moguls takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the world of influential figures who have left an indelible mark on their respective industries. In this compelling collection, author Jon Robert Quinn shares firsthand encounters with some of the most legendary names in television, sports, and business—offering invaluable insights into their minds, motivations, and leadership philosophies. From hosting the Trumponomics Expo and engaging with high-profile figures like Larry Elder, to meeting Ferrari magnate David ...

Discover the secrets to sports motivation that have helped countless athletes dominate their sport. Learn from the best in the business, and find the mental toughness you need to take your game to the next level.

Are you experiencing creative burnout? Using the effective strategies for creative endurance developed by creative director of Fast Company and accomplished marathon runner Mike Schnaidt, you can remain imaginative and inventive through any tough situation, throughout your life and career. Featuring inspiring stories from designers, astronauts, illustrators, ultramarathoners, chefs, photographers, and an Olympic Gold medalist, Creative Endurance provides a unique combination of practical advice, alongside inspiring examples to help you overcome creative obstacles and thrive.

📘 Line Drives & Life Lessons A Serious, Sarcastic & Sage: A Collection of Fast-Pitch Softball Poetry Welcome to the dugout—the real one. The one with sunflower seeds, scuffed cleats, and a coach who tells it like it is. Line Drives & Life Lessons is a bold, funny, and fiercely honest collection of poems for fast-pitch softball players who hustle hard, cheer louder, and know that greatness lives somewhere between the chalk lines and the dirt stains. Narrated by the unforgettable Coach Shelly—a sarcastic, 60-year-old softball lifer with a heart of gold and zero patience for joggers—...

Have you tried all the "get fit books" and failed and even ignored your own doctor warning you to get in shape? Do you feel hopeless, depressed, and angry? Then this book is for you. I wrote this as a motivation for myself, because I used to be struggling, out-of-shape with a sense of hopelessness, and I swore that I would never go back to that dark place. I was working seven days a week, smoking and drinking for years, until I woke up one day and realized that I was going to die and that “no one was coming” to save me.

When Hunter Hercules, the biggest soccer star in the Northlands, is transferred to play in the Motherlands, he's mad as hell. Not only is their style of soccer different, but they have mixed teams, and his female captain, Emanuela, calls him unsophisticated and claims that she's a better player than him. The whole thing is ridiculous and infuriating to Hunter. That's why when the soccer club sends all the players on a team-building trip, Hunter shows up determined to put the little woman in her place. It should have been easy, but Emanuela isn't someone he can push around.

Two men of equal background, stature, and physical build stand side-by-side facing impossible odds. One of those men turns tail, gives in, and walks away. The other broken, defeated, beaten, exhausted, but continues to rise. The question isn’t why, but “what?” What is the difference between those two men? What sets one apart? There are people in this world that have a relentless drive to win. Sports. Career. Combat. These people always rise to the top. They're the ones who make fuel when the tank is empty.

Achieve your dreams and goals while being mindful of everything in life with Healthy Mindset for Athletes & Workplace Athletes. This workbook by Mike Hartman is packed with information and helpful tips on how to maintain a healthy mindset while pursuing your passion. You'll learn how to set goals, stay motivated, and overcome obstacles. There are also sections on dealing with disappointment, managing stress, and staying focus. Whether you're an athlete or a workplace athlete, this book will help you perform at your best and achieve success.

Interviewing for his first teaching job, and armed with an advanced degree, Jeff Astor confidently walked into the principal’s office and told the men in charge why he thought he thought he’d make a great teacher. When the vice principal curtly excused himself, Jeff was a little surprised. When shortly thereafter the principal called an abrupt end to the interview and asked, “Would you like to add anything?” Jeff was miffed. Feeling a little panicked, he said, “Well, I was captain of the college baseball team.” Suddenly, the elderly principal called the vice principal back into ...

Put fitness into practice with this balance-driven guide from cyclist, CEO, and coach Art Trapotsis. Do the demands of your career, family, and life constantly sabotage your efforts to improve your fitness? Exercise is vitally important for good health, but it usually takes a back seat when life becomes busy. You might prioritize your work and family relationships out of what seems like necessity, but before you realize it, your fitness goals are pushed aside, and you feel stressed out and unbalanced. The bright side? It doesn't have to be that way.

The Personal Development Book for Performers explores the psychology of success and examines the mindsets of the world’s greatest composers, artists and philosophers. This book is for artists, leaders, performers and creative people from all fields, with practical tips and techniques to take creative success to amazing new levels. Anthony King offers advice and guidance, empowering performers, athletes, leaders – creative talented people of all kinds – to help them exceed potential and express creativity to the best of their ability.This book examines the creative mindset of success, ...

Most people believe their happiness comes from outer circumstances, such as their job, relationships, or financial situation. But researchers have determined that external influences only account for 10 percent of our happiness. The truth is, we feel happiness in our body, so our happiness most often does not depend on anyone else. Happiness has a signature in our bodies’ nervous system and subtle energy fields, unless you know what that signature is and how to sustain it, happiness will always allude you. Don’t leave your happiness in the hands of others.

Boxer to Businessman tells the real-life story of a former professional boxer who turned his life upside down to find success. This inspiring story combines the teachings of dedication, determination, and discipline so that if you ever hit a bump in the business, it can be the light at the end of the tunnel.

Do you put 110 percent effort into your training sessions and still see no improvement? Are you looking for a simple guide that summarizes the best habits used by today's top athletes? The truth is...some of us train our hearts out and see little improvement. And some of us are just getting started and don't know where to begin. This audiobook is for athletes from all levels of experience - from your first few steps to your last stroke in an Olympic swim. You might be looking for motivation to go on your first run. Or you might be ready to trial for your country's Olympic team.

A retired NFL player shares his story of achieving maximum success as a professional athlete, followed by notoriety in corporate America, then catastrophic failures that cost him everything he owned in just 90 days. But even in the face of crushing defeat, he identified and put into action the traits required to rise from the ashes and find success again. Now this inspiring, candidly written, and time-tested method of success is available to you!

Women don't take up triathlon in their 40s, right? Wrong! That was exactly what 41-year-old Debs did. Not caring that she was more than a bit on the heavy side, and diabetic to boot, she signed up for her first triathlon.

- Leaders work with a team but dictators go alone - Let your attitude be gratitude. -Your attitude determines your altitude in life. - You were designed to survive in your own world - The scars come before the stars. - Those who never face oppositions always stop at propositions. - You do not need to be perfect to be the best. - Ill equipped leaders produces ill equipped people. - The bible informs, reforms and transforms but other books only inform. - You are not better than your thought. As a man thinks so is he. - In every problem there is a lesson to learn, an asset to acquire, a rest ...

No one knows how to turn unrelenting self-belief into hard-and-fast career results better than Dre Baldwin. When everyone and everything was telling him to give up on his goal of playing pro basketball, he got focused on his future, and met the challenge head on. In the end, Baldwin succeeded - making a living playing basketball in leagues around the world - and in this book, he shares all his secrets. Whether you're just starting out in business or looking to take your career to the next level, Work On Your Game provides the strategy you need to succeed from the inside out.