Olympics


The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
The Favorites
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Gold
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics
The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics
Settling the Score (The Summer Games, #1)
Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
It has been a wonderful experience to compete in the Olympic Games and to bring home a gold medal. But since I have been a young lad, I have had my eyes on a different prize. You see, each one of us is in a greater race than any I have run in Paris, and this race ends when God gives out the medals.
Eric Liddell

Steve Backley
Nothing could be any worse than having to turn to your friends, your colleagues and your loved ones and say –‘I gave up too soon’.
Steve Backley, The Champion in all of Us: 12 Rules for Success

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