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Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World’s Greatest Athletes

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By Charles A. Garfield, Hal Zina Bennett — 1985

A leading sports psychologist and a veteran sports writer examine the new mental training techniques of Russian and Eastern European athletes and detail exercises that allow everyone to benefit from those techniques.

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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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Beneath the Surface: My Story

In this candid memoir, Phelps talks openly about his battle with attention deficit disorder, the trauma of his parents’ divorce, and the challenges that come with being thrust into the limelight.

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Michael Phelps
2016
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Dottir: My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion

As one of only two women in history to have won the title of “Fittest Woman on Earth” twice, Davidsdottir knows all about the importance of mental and physical strength. She won the title in 2015, backing it up with a second win in 2016, after starting CrossFit in just 2011.

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Katrin Davidsdottir, Rory McKernan
2025
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Running Within: A Guide to Mastering the Body-Mind-Spirit Connection for Ultimate Training and Racing

Runners know all too well the physical and mental challenges of their sport.

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Jerry Lynch, Scott Warren
1999
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The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more...

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Steven Kotler
2025
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball—101 Great Hoop Stories from Players, Coaches, and Fans

Pat Williams has drawn on his basketball industry connections to compile great stories from on and off the court.

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Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Pat Williams
2025
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What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller.

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Kate Fagan
2025
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Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP

The story of Giannis Antetokounmpo's extraordinary rise from poverty in Athens, Greece to super-stardom in America with the Milwaukee Bucks—becoming one of the most transcendent players in history and an NBA champion—from award-winning basketball reporter and feature writer at The Ringer Mirin Fader,...

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Mirin Fader
2025
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Letters to a Young Athlete

A legendary NBA player shares his remarkable story, infused with hard-earned wisdom about the journey to self-mastery from a life at the highest level of professional sports Chris Bosh, NBA Hall of Famer, eleven-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and the league’s Global...

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Chris Bosh
2025
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