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Better Great Than Never

Better Great Than Never

by Lindsay Shoop

★★★★★ 4.8 · 161 ratings on Amazon
🏆 Bestseller in Olympic Games

About This Book

Think of any sport, and Lindsay Shoop played it growing up. She was a driven athlete, good student, and happy teenager. But when she went to college, everything changed. She quit basketball, gained weight, and skipped classes. Her drive was gone.After a sleepless night and a fateful turn of events, Lindsay made the decision to become her best self. She discovered rowing, and the sport became her outlet for transformation. In just one year she became an NCAA Division-I All-American; in four, she broke a world record and won her first World Championship. Within six years, Lindsay won Olympic gold.In Better Great Than Never, Lindsay shows you how to seize your full potential by removing self-imposed limitations. She demonstrates how to embrace every step, good and bad, to find greatness. For Lindsay, life isn’t about winning. As long as you learn throughout your journey, you can never lose.

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Lindsay Shoop

Lindsay Dare Shoop is an Olympic and World Champion rower turned author, coach, speaker, and Emmy-winning broadcaster. She picked up rowing during her junior year at the University of Virginia, became an NCAA Division I All-American within her first year in the sport, and went on to win Olympic gold with the U.S. women's eight in Beijing in 2008 before adding a third World Championship title in 2009. Today she works as an elite performance coach and educational speaker, mentoring athletes at every level. She is the author of Better Great Than Never: Believing It's Possible Is Where Champions Begin.

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