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Posts Tagged ‘It’s Personal’
A Personal Pursuit of Olympic Greatness
- It’s Personal
- They hate to lose more than they love to win.
Tomorrow the sporting world’s focus will shift to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, but one of the Greatest Olympic athletes of recent years won’t be there. Evan Lysacek was expected to be a top contender for the gold in Men’s Figure Skating, after winning it in the 2010 Vancouver Games. Unfortunately, an injury took him out of this competition; however, he has already set his sights on the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Last year, I had the privilege of spending several days with Lysacek as we discussed the possibility of writing a book together. What I learned about his mindset and motivations was a true testament to Greatness. From my notes, I’ll let him tell a piece of his story in his own words:
