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Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Sport
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There is no single path to success in sports; different athletes take different routes.
From The Sports Gene by David Epstein
Standardization of containers has revolutionized the way goods are transported.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The introduction of the container revolutionized the way goods are transported.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
There’s no such thing as a perfect match.
From Open by Andre Agassi
The mind is the most important part of the game.
From The Mindful Athlete by George Mumford
Containers changed the dynamics of international trade forever.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Understanding genetics can help us unlock our potential in sports.
From The Sports Gene by David Epstein
Basketball is a team game, and the best teams are those that play for each other.
From Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
Running is not just about the physical; it's also about the mental.
The pressure to perform was immense, and so was the temptation.
Athletic success is often the result of a perfect storm of factors.
From The Sports Gene by David Epstein
Sometimes the hardest part isn't the race itself, but the training leading up to it.
From Draft Animals by Phil Gaimon
With containers, the world became interconnected in ways previously unimaginable.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Shipping costs have plummeted, enabling goods to move across oceans with ease.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The rise of extreme athletes is not just a phenomenon of sport; it is a cultural shift.
From The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
It was an exhilarating but dangerous game we were playing.
Running brings people together, transcending boundaries and cultures.
Winning at all costs was the mantra we lived by.
The shipping container made the world smaller by facilitating the movement of goods across vast distances with unprecedented efficiency.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The act of reading can transport us to different worlds.
From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
You can’t control the outcome, but you can control your effort.
From Draft Animals by Phil Gaimon
To be a great runner, you have to love running, and the Kenyans have that love.
Winning at all costs was the culture we lived in.
The truth is, we were all in on it.
To be a great cyclist, you need to be obsessed with speed.
From Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists by Michael Hutchinson
We rationalized our decisions, telling ourselves it was the only way to compete.
Extreme sports are a laboratory for studying the flow state.
From The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
Information can travel faster than the speed of a horse.
From The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
Sound can transport us to different times and places.
From The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox
Before containers, shipping was slow and inefficient.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The sound of a violin can transport you to another world.
From The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop by John Marchese
The container changed the geography of trade routes and shipping ports.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The beauty of cycling is that it’s as much about the community as it is about the sport.
From Draft Animals by Phil Gaimon
Sports are a lens through which to view the complexity of human genetics.
From The Sports Gene by David Epstein
There was an unspoken agreement that we all knew what was going on.
The shipping container was the most revolutionary invention of the twentieth century.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Racing is not just about the bike; it's about everything that surrounds it.
From Draft Animals by Phil Gaimon
I wanted to be a professional cyclist, and I was willing to do whatever it took to get there.
From Draft Animals by Phil Gaimon
The shipping container has transformed the world economy, making globalization possible.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Extreme sports can teach us about the nature of risk and reward.
From The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
Success in sports is often determined by how well you can read the game.
From The Playmaker's Advantage by Leonard Zaichkowsky and Daniel Peterson
The container made it feasible to move vast quantities of goods with minimal labor.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Feedback is a critical component of learning and development in sports.
From The Playmaker's Advantage by Leonard Zaichkowsky and Daniel Peterson
A record is not just a number; it’s the culmination of countless hours of effort.
From The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb
We all made choices that we believed were for the greater good.
Scent has the power to transport us to another place and time.
From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr
Success in endurance sports comes from mastering the mental game as much as the physical.
From Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson
The size of a city influences everything from the efficiency of transportation to the creativity of its people.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
The ability to excel in sports is not just about training; it's about the right genetic makeup.
From The Sports Gene by David Epstein
It was about survival in a ruthless environment.
Passion fuels the ride, but perseverance gets you to the finish line.
From Draft Animals by Phil Gaimon
Fear of losing kept us in the game.
Luck plays a bigger role in cycling than most will admit.
From Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists by Michael Hutchinson
Success in endurance sports is often about how well you can manage your mind.
From Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson
I became part of a culture that valued results over integrity.
The truth is, we were all part of a system that enabled and encouraged doping.
Every mode of transport has its own story to tell.
From The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes by Carl Hoffman
The line between right and wrong blurred in the pursuit of success.
We were part of a culture that accepted cheating.
We were all searching for the edge.