I used to give atheletes a lot of flack for seemingly always needing a co-writer for their memoirs. But hey, if you’re that freakishly good at one thing, you’ve got a good shot at being not that great at a few things. It might as well be a permission slip, being that freakishly good: free pass on 2 social skills and 1 basic talent. I’d say writing a book is probably a heavier weight than any of the given passes, so I’ll let it go.
So what do we know about Michael Phelps? He swims fast. He eats a lot of food. His book, No Limits: The Will to Succeed, co-written with Alan Abrahamson, discusses how he’s set himself up with the desire to push himself that much harder, as well as the relentless training he puts himself through. This book just made it to our McNaughton Collection, so it is advisable to check it out sooner than later.
