Dr. Bob Rotella was the director of sports psychology for twenty years at the University of Virginia, where his reputation grew as the person champions talked to about the mental aspects of their game. His client list includes Hall of Fame golfers like Pat Bradley, Tom Kite, and Nick Price as well as stars of the present, such as Darren Clarke, Keegan Bradley, Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Mark Wilson, and Rory Mcllroy. A writer for and consultant to Golf Digest, he lives in Virginia with his wife, Darlene.
"Having counseled such sports stars as LeBron James and PGA great
Hal Sutton, sports psychologist Rotella extends his sports-centric
guidance to those seeking to enhance their everyday acumen through
the power of focused positive thinking....A solid motivational text
for the sports-minded and thoseinterested in the bridging of
athletics and exceptionalism." -Kirkus Reviews
"Intriguing and persuasive....Though Rotella's primary concern here
is with the very successful, "ordinary" people should also find
useful tips here for smoothly handling life's challenges and
opportunities." -Publishers Weekly
"The author is, unquestionably, the premier mental coach for golf,
having worked with Darren Clarke and Keegan Bradley as well as
athletes in other sports, along with business executives...What
makes golf an interesting metaphor is that even the truly luminary
succeed, but only a fraction of the time. Rotella emphasizes the
importance of goals-setting and the discipline that is required to
achieve those aims....[How Champions Think is] so good that
this reviewer has recommended it to all,golfers and non-golfers
alike." -Library Journal (starred review)
"Rotella's philosophy is astonishingly simple . . . [and] probably
owes more to Vince Lombardi than it does to Sigmund Freud. . . .
Rotella has counseled a dozen athletic teams and organizations (the
New Jersey Nets, for one), the employees of some twenty
corporations-among them Merrill Lynch, General Electric, and Time
Warner-and assorted individuals, including a tennis champion trying
to make a comeback and a musician with a bad case of stage fright.
. . . Though Rotella's tips are undeniably useful, they cannot
account for his success rate, which is phenomenal." -The New York
Times
"Straightforward and simple...Do the math. Read Rotella."
-The Wall Street Journal
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