Sports Performance
What makes athletes perform? Training, endurance, focus under pressure and the mental side of sport, plus memoirs from top competitors. Take their lessons into your own training.
Sports Performance Library

Astroball: The New Way to Win it All

All In: An Autobiography

Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes

Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Cofounder

Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Choosing to Run: A Memoir

Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

Iron Cowboy: Redefine Impossible

Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life

Letters to a Young Athlete: An NBA Champion's Hard-Earned Wisdom on the Road to Self-Mastery

Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence

Master Your Core: A Science-Based Guide to Achieve Peak Performance and Resilience to Injury

Open: An Autobiography

Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed

String Theory: On Tennis

Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game

The 4-Hour Body: An uncommon guide to rapid fat-loss, incredible sex and becoming superhuman

Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard

The Captain Class: A New Theory of Leadership

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body

The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Ultimate Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

The Oxygen Advantage: The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter You

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

The Rise of Superman: Decoding The Science of Ultimate Human Performance

The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

The Way of the Champion: Pain, Persistence, and the Path Forward

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn From the T-Shirt Cannon

Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?: Olympic-Winning Strategies for Everyday Success

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A memoir about running and writing

Unstoppable: My Life So Far