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By Kirk Mango with Daveda Lamont

	"Becoming a True Champion" empowers you by placing the responsibility for your sports training success exactly where it should be, with you, the athlete. No matter what goals you set, the path you choose, or obstacles you face, the basic principles behind true success will always be the same."
	Kirk Mango National Champion Two Time All-American NIU Hall of Fame Inductee

Foreword by
Olympic Champion
Nadia Comaneci

Endorsed by
Olympic Champion
Bart Conner

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Key Features
Primary Fundamental Athletic Principles & How They Apply
	• Goal Setting • Desire • Character & Integrity • Commitment, Discipline, Sacrifice, Priorities, & Heart • Training & Competitive Mindset
Critical Sports Training Concepts for Increased Athletic Performance
	• Fundamentals • Breaking Things Down • Quality Training vs Quantity Training • Importance of Conditioning • Triangle of Achievement
Sports Inspiration & Motivation Through
	• Short Monologues & Prose • True Story of: • Overcoming Adversity • Meeting Challenges • Tackling Obstacles • & Demonstration of all Concepts Discussed

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New Book Written for Aspiring Athletes. Whether you play team sports like basketball, baseball, volleyball, football, softball, or soccer, compete in individual sports like tennis, wrestling, gymnastics, track, or swimming; whether you are looking to reach certain athletic goals, be inspired, compete at higher levels, become the best you can be, or just improve in your sport, Becoming a True Champion: Achieving Athletic Excellence From the Inside Out addresses sports training in all of these and more.

HONORS & AWARDS

Selected as #8 on NIU Top 50 All Time Best Athletes
Northern Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame Member
National Champion - Division I
Two-time Collegiate All-American
Current Northern Illinois University Record Holder
Certificate of Significant Athletic Contribution from
Northern Illinois University
Mayoral Commendation of Achievement - DeKalb, Illinois
High School State Champion
High School All-American
Willowbrook High School Inaugural Hall of Fame Member 2010

Head Coach: Three Illinois Elite 8 Gymnastics Teams
Selected Illinois Gymnastics "Coach of the Year" 1992
Father of two Division I Scholarship Athletes - Volleyball &
  Soccer (Both - J. Kyle Braid Leadership Award Winners,
  http://www.jkbranch.org/)
Assistant Coach: National All-American Team Award 1983-84
Two-time Physical Education Teacher of the Year
Head Coach: 1992 Illinois Gymnastics Team Champions at the
  National High School Girls Gymnastics Championships
Head Coach: High School - State Champion, All-American,
  Hall of Fame Inductee

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