Sports Thoughts

Despite the howling protests from his peers, no one's ever been more willing to spill the beans on what it's really like inside the pro cycling peloton than the sarcastic scribe Phil Gaimon. Building on the outrageous success of his hilarious 2014 debut, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro, Gaimon gathers the absolute gems from his monthly Q & A feature column in VeloNews magazine into his new book, Ask a Pro.

Within the chapters of Striking Thoughts, you will find the secrets of Bruce Lee's incredible success—as an actor, martial artist, and inspiration to the world. Consisting of eight sections, Striking Thoughts covers 72 topics and 825 aphorisms—from spirituality to personal liberation and from family life to filmmaking—all of which Bruce lived by. His ideas helped energize his life and career and made it possible for him to live a happy and assured life, overcoming challenging obstacles with seeming ease.

New research indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world. And professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington John Marzluff has done some of the most extraordinary research on crows, which has been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as on NPR and PBS. Now he teams up with artist and fellow naturalist Tony Angell to offer an in-depth look at these incredible creatures - in a book that is brimming with surprises.

Maybe you've already felt the stirrings of your psychic abilities and want an audiobook that can help you bring those feelings to the forefront of your mind. Or perhaps you're seeking a guide to help you live a more intuitive life, trusting your instincts and being influenced by the world around you. Whatever your case, your mind has led you to the right place.

"Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past 20 years has been done while running," says philosophy professor Rowlands, who has run for most of his life. And for him, running and philosophizing are inextricably connected. In Running with the Pack, he reveals the most significant runs of his life - from the entire day he spent running as a boy in Wales, to the runs along French beaches and up Irish mountains with his beloved wolf, Brenin, and through Florida swamps with his dog, Nina.

Best-selling Author Rosalind Severin McClean is a very deep inspirational writer and poet. Her determination and skill to impart her writings to us is so compelling, invigorating and captivating. Rosalind's experience when growing up in Dominica is captured so eloquently and interestingly in Book Three. Her unique style of absorbing her readers into her world of adventure, through lyrical poetry, dialogue and storytelling is what sets her apart from other writers. In this book, you will find some exciting history on Sports in Dominica in the 1960s and 1970s. There is also a most influential...

When Bill Belichick talks, smart people listen. This book contains Belichick's own words on topics like two point conversion strategy, preparing for Peyton Manning, and what he looks for when evaluating each player on the field. Belichick has spent a lifetime in the NFL, and as a result has a perspective on the game and its greatest competitors that few can match. Learn what he has to say about the history of the game and those who built the foundation of the modern NFL.

As an athlete in my sophomore year of college, I found myself miserable. Two years later, as a senior, I enjoyed the most satisfying basketball season of my life. My path from depression and anxiety to joy and peak performance was somewhat unconventional. A therapist taught me to meditate, enabling me to face my problems instead of shrinking from them. By modifying my habits regarding drugs, partying and my phone, and reading meaningful books, I developed new attitudes toward both my sport and my life.

How can Christians approach hunting and fishing in a way that glorifies God? Is such a thing even possible? After all, hunting and fishing inherently involves killing living creatures that God has made. How is God glorified in the deaths of animals? Didn't God make animals, and doesn't he care about them?

This audiobook explores Belichick's thoughts on his players, the NFL, Tom Brady, and the skills needed to play each position. If you want to learn the insights that has guided the development of the Patriots then this audiobook will help you. Also, the chapter on Tom Brady will enable you to understand the dynamics behind one of the greatest player/coach relationships of all time.

Few people realize that mental exercises can help you control your thoughts, memories, and emotions. People do exercises for their muscles — why shouldn’t everyone do exercises for their mind? For a few minutes a day, mental exercises can help you fight the effects of modern daily stress on your mind and body, so that you feel calm, think clearly, concentrate longer, and do your best more easily. Would you welcome any changes in your life? There are real-life examples of how mental exercises can help you and your loved ones reduce stress; increase focus; improve creativity; improve ...

Do you have a favorite sports hero? If so, have you ever wondered about what kind of zany things he or she likes to do when not competing? Have you ever wondered what the great athletes like to eat, or what they like to drink? For instance, it’s a little-known fact that baseball great Babe Ruth relished the chance to wolf-down pickled eels and chocolate ice cream! Do you ever imagine what their childhoods were like? This fascinating book answers all these questions and many more you might never have even thought to ask!

As the captain of his team and a little league football champion who has sailed through five years of little league, Blake has developed an immense passion for helping young people go through the hurdles of life by sharing tips of his success while fearlessly revealing the losses of his life. In this book, Blake exposes the misconceptions of failure that hold us back from getting the life we desire. With unflinching honesty, Blake examines the pain and falsehood that once left him feeling undeserving and also reveals the practical tips that helped him overcome the hurdles of failure.

Your team is playing. You can't sit still. You have to do things to help ease your mind off of the poor playing that they are doing. The opponent just scored again! Why is your team playing so badly? This book is designed to help any sports enthusiast with dealing with the stress that most fans deal with all year round.