Becoming a true champion : achieving athletic excellence from the inside out / Kirk Mango with Daveda Lamont.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Becoming a True Champion offers a path to achieving athletic excellence, longevity, and dignity through the values and hard work that once distinguished athletes as true role models. Providing an antidote to images of misbehaving athletes, this book guides readers through the ethics and standards that will set them apart both on and off the field.

Foreword / Nadia Comaneci -- Message to aspiring athletes / Phil Wunderlich -- A champion -- Introduction : sports on the edge -- The code of a true champion -- section I. The principles of a true champion : someone only in legends? -- 1. It starts with you : realizing your potential and creating success -- 2. Do you know where you are going? : goals, the choice is yours -- 3. The burning within : desire, the fuel that drives you to move beyond normal limitations -- 4. Five letters that spell success : the CDSPH principle, what it really means -- 5. What you do speaks volumes : character and integrity, the road less traveled -- 6. An unrewarding path : cheating, the road to nowhere -- 7. A championship state of mind : core attitudes and mind-set for achievement -- 8. Separate yet related : mind-sets for training and competition -- Expectation from practice -- section II. Building the dream : the training process -- 9. From the ground up : fundamentals for success -- 10. Pieces and parts : breaking it down -- 11. A method above the rest : a question of quantity versus quality -- 12. An essential piece of the puzzle : vital concepts of conditioning -- 13. Simplifying the training process : the circle of achievement -- 14. A blank slate to work with : circle of achievement worksheets -- Individuality -- section III. Putting it all together : a true story -- 15. Mission impossible : the goal -- 16. Take a walk in my shoes : club training and camp -- 17. Putting it to the test : senior year -- 18. The outcome says it all : final tests -- 19. When all is said and done : conclusion -- Who am I? The Libero Code -- Your greatest gift to yourself.

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