Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday Audiobook (Free)

Yellow metal medal-winning Olympic velocity skater Apolo Ohno shares the inspiring personal story behind his enduring achievement as at the very top sportsman and reveals the universal existence lessons he has learned through his training and competition.

“No regrets. It’s a viewpoint not just about sport but about lifestyle. School, business, academics, love-anything and everything. It’s complicated and yet not really. You have to figure out who it is you want to be. Not what you would like to be-who. There has to be a vision, a fantasy, about No Regrets: Be HIGHER THAN Yesterday an idea. Then you chase that with everything you’ve got.”

Over three consecutive Olympic games, Apolo Ohno has arrive to symbolize the very best from the competitive spirit-remaining similarly gracious in success and defeat, constantly striving to boost his performance, and appreciating the value from the effort of training as much as any incentive it might bring. In Zero Regrets, Apolo stocks the inspiring personal tale behind his impressive success, as well as the hard-won truths and strategies he provides discovered in memories and bad.

Raised by his single father, an immigrant from Japan who often worked twelve-hour times, the young Apolo found it challenging to balance his enormous natural presents as an athlete with an admittedly wild, rebellious streak. After making a name for himself being a encouraging young quickness skater, his profession was nearly over before it began when his insufficient preparation triggered him to complete last at the U.S. Olympic tests in 1998. A life-changing week of solitary soul-searching at age fifteen led him to recommit himself to his teaching, with the 1999 world junior championships he gained 1st place overall-one of the most exceptional turnarounds in sports background. From that moment on, the globe of rate skating had a new champion and Apolo was on his method to legendary status.

Much more than an account of races won and lost, Zero Regrets can be a compelling family portrait of a father-and-son romantic relationship that deepened as time passes and was based on respect, love, and unshakable beliefs in each other. For the first time, Apolo reveals what he knows about his long-absent mom; he makes us experience what it is like to face the best rivals on the planet with the eye of millions of supporters upon you; and he stocks his secrets for achieving total concentrate and mental toughness, secrets that may be applied in circumstances well beyond sports. We learn the details of the unbelievably extreme workout and diet plan that he endured while schooling for the 2010 Winter season Olympics, a program that literally reshaped his body and led to a few of his most fascinating victories.

With this deeply personal and entertaining book, Apolo displays how exactly we can all arrive closer to coping with zero regrets. While Apolo’s very own journey could be unique, the insights he offers gleaned along the way have the power to assist us all feel just like champions every day.