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Dirty Inspirations: Lessons from the Trenches of Extreme Endurance Sports

The search to find one’s own limits and surpass them is what defines us as human beings. By consciously choosing to walk the path of most resistance, we come to a better understanding of ourselves, and our potential for physical, mental and emotional growth. And nowhere is this universal journey better represented than in the crucible of extreme endurance sports, where athletes are truly pushed beyond the bounds of what seems possible.

Direct from the trenches of ultra-endurance racing and mountaineering, Dirty Inspirations takes readers through environments as majestic as they are unforgiving—all while presenting the unique perspective of a woman who has made it her life’s work to exceed her limits. From the brutal heat of the Sahara, to the deep jungles of the Amazon and the awe-inspiring peaks of Denali, Terri Schneider’s quest to find the answers to life’s ultimate questions have taken her to the furthest reaches of the Earth. Now, readers have the chance to experience for themselves what can truly be accomplished when you reject common sense, personal safety and preconceptions of what is possible.

Seen through the eyes of one of the most diversely experienced female endurance athletes on the planet, the stories in Dirty Inspirations showcase discomfort as a virtue, reinvigorating the life-long athlete and providing encouragement to anyone looking to bring more action into their lives. Part philosophical journey, part spiritual awakening, and part riveting drama, the stories presented in Dirty Inspirations embody the incredible resiliency of the human body and the indomitable nature of the human spirit.

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You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C’s to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life

NFL head coach Mike Smith lead one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NFL history. In the season prior to his arrival in 2008, the Atlanta Falcons had a 4 12 record and the franchise had never before achieved back-to-back winning seasons. Under Smith s leadership, the Falcons earned an 11 5 record in his first season and would go on to become perennial playoff and Super Bowl contenders earning Smith AP Coach of year in 2008 and voted Coach of Year by his peers in 2008, 2010 and 2012. You Win in the Locker Room First draws on the extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon consultant to numerous college and professional teams to explore the seven powerful principles that any business, school, organization, or sports team can adopt to revitalize their organization. Step by step, the authors outline a strategy for building a thriving organization and provide a practical framework that give leaders the tools they need to create a great culture, lead with the right mindset, create strong relationships, improve teamwork, execute at a higher level, and avoid the pitfalls that sabotage far too many leaders and organizations. In addition to sharing what went right with the Falcons, Smith also transparently shares what went wrong his last two seasons and provides invaluable lessons leaders can take away from his victories, success, failures and mistakes. Whether it s an executive leadership team of a Fortune 500 company, a sports team, an emergency room team, military team, or a school team successful leaders coach their team and develop, mentor, encourage, and guide them. This not only improves the team, it improves the leaders and their relationships, connections, and organization. You Win in the Locker Room First offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at one of the most pressure packed leadership jobs on the planet and what leaders can learn from these experiences in order to build their own winning team.

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Big Book of Sports Quotes

Wise, sarcastic, hilarious and memorable quotes from larger-than-life stars of professional sports.

What do you get when you put the world’s best hockey players, baseball players, basketball stars, football players and golfers along with their coaches and bosses together in one book? A cornucopia of funny and witty observations that fans will love.

Big Book of Sports Quotes is a celebration of the wit and wisdom of big-league sports, where eccentric characters are cherished in a wild world of media hype. Some selections are current and relate to today’s headlines, while many others are from famous athletes of the past. Every sports fan, whether they’re an aspiring athlete or an armchair wannabe, will be entertained, no matter what their favorite sport is.

Here are some of the 1,000 gems:

“I’m just glad it wasn’t Machete Night.”
— Ranger Bob Froese, after fans threw plastic mugs onto the ice on Mug Night

“Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything.”
— Jack Nicklaus

“Playing middle linebacker is like walking through a lion’s cage in a three-piece porkchop suit.”
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Cecil Johnson

“Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.”
— Famed NCAA coach Abe Lemons

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”
— Oiler Wayne Gretzky

“Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.”
— Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula

“Trying to hit him was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.”
— Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame slugger Willie Stargell, on facing Los Angeles Dodgers star Sandy Koufax

There are 1,000 amusing quotations and 100 matching photographs of great stars from each sport. From inspiration and insights to insults and inanities, The Big Book of Sports Quotes will have readers laughing and groaning.

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Winning Words: Classic Quotes from the World of Sports

Arranged in categories from Ability to Zen, this book collects the most inspirational quotes from the world of sports, quotes that can be applied to everyday life as much as they can be applied to athletic pursuits. From golfer Babe Zaharias’s bold challenge to her competition-“The Babe is here. Who wants to come in second?”-to the classic motivational pronouncements of Vince Lombardi, Winning Words can be a quick reference for a leader in need of inspiration or a meditation for a competitor facing a daunting challenge. Interspersed with sidebar profiles of some of the most legendary figures in sports, nearly 1,000 quotes comprise this stirring collection of wisdom from the annals of sports.

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Mental Toughness for Peak Performance, Leadership Development, and Success: How to Maximize Your Focus, Motivation, Confidence, Self-Discipline, Willpower, and Mind Power in Sports, Business or Health

Want to Double Your Mental Toughness Within Weeks?

Tired of working hard, training hard and still not achieving more success or more wins?

What essential quality do all winners, champions, and high achievers possess? Simple. They possess the characteristic responsible for making talent and training applicable for real-world results—mental toughness.

Regardless of your activity, position, or skill level…you cannot achieve peak performance unless you have complete and consistent control of your mind. Mental toughness is often the sole difference between winning and losing in sports, business, and personal health.

Learn The #1 Mental Toughness Method for Sports, Business, Leadership, and Health

Based on proven methods of mental masters–such as Michael Jordan, Bruce Lee, Bill Gates, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, and other champion athletes, world-renowned leaders, and highly successful business people–Mental Toughness for Peak Performance, Leadership Development, and Success provides specific instructions and exercises to increase mind power for competition, career advancement, and personal achievement.

The Mental Toughness LoopTM method…detailed in this guide…is the most simple, innovative, and effective process for developing superior mental toughness. The Mental Toughness Loop method is designed to isolate, transform, maximize, and integrate the seven skills of mental toughness for peak performance.

Discover The 7 Keys to Superior Mental Toughness

1.Motivation: The starting point for all significant success is motivation. Learn how to spark your motivation and overcome the mental barriers that are holding you back from taking action and achieving greater success.

2.Willpower and Self-Control: Most people point to lack of willpower as the number one reason for being unable to make successful changes in their training, habits, and lifestyle. Learn a simple 3-step process for developing consistent willpower to resist negative influences and eliminate negative habits.

3.Self-Discipline: Find out how to stop procrastinating. With self-discipline–you can more easily create new habits, achieve continuous improvements, and deliver better results.

4.Focus and Concentration: The ability to focus instantly and intensely is a hallmark skill of champion athletes and successful leaders. Discover how to develop “hyper-focus” skills for improved concentration and competitive performance.

5.Mental Stamina: Elite athletes and leaders can “lock in” on their focus during intense competition and crucial performances. Learn how to increase your mental endurance–so that you can maintain peak performance, outlast the competition, and finish strong!

6.Self-Confidence: Belief in your skills is a basic requirement for mental toughness. Learn how to bolster your self-confidence, elevate your courage, and prevent fear from affecting your ability to take action and get results.

7.Mental Strength: Learn how to acquire the mental toughness skills that allow champions and leaders to achieve outstanding results in the face of extreme pressures, obstacles, or pain.

Get 2 Bonus Chapters

In addition to a step-by-step guide on mental toughness training, you will receive a bonus chapter on developing advanced peak performance and leadership skills. Also, you will receive a 2nd bonus chapter featuring “mental toughness masters.” The mental training lessons shared by these legendary winners and champions will inspire you to maximize your skills, performance, and results.

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You Can’t Make This Up CD: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television

No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels—the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and Stanley Cup Final—as well as the Olympic Games, Triple Crown, and many more. He has witnessed firsthand some of the most memorable events in sports, and in this highly personal and entertaining account, brings them all vividly to life.

Michaels’s stories cover unforgettable chapters over the past half century—from the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics’ “Miracle on Ice” to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series to the drama of what many consider the most exciting Super Bowl ever—Super Bowl XLIII between the Steelers and Cardinals. Some of the biggest personalities on and off the field are here—Brett Favre, John Madden, Tiger Woods, Cris Collinsworth, and many more. Complementing access with insight, Michaels adds to the stories you thought you knew: Michael Jordan’s eyesight; Howard Cosell’s prickly, bombastic personality; even Peyton and Eli Manning’s sibling rivalry.

From start to finish, Michaels gives us an up-close portrait of an industry that is—today more than ever—a vital part of our national culture.

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Dog Sports Skills, Book 2: Motivation

In this second book in the “Dog Sports Skills” series, Authors Denise Fenzi and Deb Jones take an in-depth look at the topic of motivation. They talk about what motivation is, and what it is not, along with an illuminating discussion of how a dog is unique in the animal world, and how educated trainers can use that to maximum advantage. They consider a range of options for motivating our dogs, and how a trainer can raise or lower the value of specific motivators to get the exact training effect that may be desired at a given time. Temperament is discussed as it relates to issues of motivation to help the reader understand the strong interplay between temperament, motivation and training decisions.

In addition to explaining how to use motivators in training, this book provides specific information on how to reduce their use so that you can eventually get into the competition ring!

Finally, they provide case studies – lots of them! The purpose of the case studies is both to cement what the reader has learned in the first chapters and also to help the reader understand how to analyze specific situations and make a plan to apply the concepts.

A student who reads both this book and the first book in the series will begin to develop a deeper understanding of the author’s underlying philosophy and approach. Each book is more than a stand-alone resource; they are pieces of a puzzle that will eventually weave into a tapestry of concepts, thoughts and applications that create both excellence in training and a very deep respect and understanding for another living being.

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Quotes That Inspire For Sports: 365 Spirit-Rousing, Funk-Killing, Fire-Lighting Quotes

Bad calls, sore muscles, disappointing finishes, locker room gloom, injuries, off-days. In sports, the ball doesn’t always bounce your way. Let us give you a boost when you need it most! This book has one inspiring sports quote every day for a whole year. Use the quotes as a powerful primer first thing after you wake up, last thing before you hit the sack, or just flip through the quotes when you need inspiration. Whenever you want your inspiration, our spirit-rousing, funk-killing, fire-lighting quotes are here for you, straight from the world’s most prolific athletes. For inspiration you can hang on your wall, check out our museum-quality posters and canvas prints at www.QuotesThatInspire.me

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Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan’s Soul: Stories of Insight, Inspiration and Laughter from the World of Sports (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

This latest collection of Chicken Soup honors all that is good in the world of sports. From major leaguers to little leaguers, from hockey stars to figure skaters, and from horseracing to mushing, the stories in this book highlight the positive and transformative nature of sports.

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