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Becoming a true champion : achieving athletic excellence from the inside out / Kirk Mango with Daveda Lamont.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mango, Kirk, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Athletes--Professional ethics.
- Athletes.
- Athletes--Psychology.
- Sports--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Sports.
- Sports--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Message to Aspiring Athletes from Phil Wunderlich; Acknowledgments; A Champion; Introduction; The Code of a True Champion; SECTION I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Expectation from Practice; SECTION II; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Individuality; SECTION III; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Who Am I?; Your Greatest Gift to Yourself; References and Notes; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-27958-7
- 1-280-77263-8
- 9786613683403
- 1-4422-1407-4
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