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  • The Fighter's Mind

  • Inside the Mental Game
  • By: Sam Sheridan
  • Narrated by: Nicholas Techosky
  • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (202 ratings)

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The Fighter's Mind

By: Sam Sheridan
Narrated by: Nicholas Techosky
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Summary

In his acclaimed national best seller, A Fighter's Heart, Sam Sheridan took listeners with him as he stepped through the ropes into the dangerous world of professional fighting. From a muay Thai bout in Bangkok; to Rio, where he trained with jiu-jitsu royalty; to Iowa, where he matched up against the toughest in MMA, Sheridan threw himself into a quest to understand how and why we fight.

In The Fighter's Mind, Sheridan does for the brain what his first book did for the body. To uncover the secrets of mental strength and success, Sheridan interviewed dozens of the world's most fascinating and dangerous men, including celebrated trainers Freddie Roach and Greg Jackson; champion fighters Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, and Marcelo Garcia; ultrarunner David Horton; legendary wrestler Dan Gable; and many more. What are their secrets? How do they stay committed through years of training, craft a game plan, and adjust to the realities of the ring? How do they project strength when weak and remain mentally tough despite incredible physical pain?

A fascinating book, bursting at the seams with incredible stories and insight, The Fighter's Mind answers these questions and many more.

©2010 Sam Sheridan (P)2014 Audible Inc.
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brilliant for a fighters

Great book for people wanting to understand the minds of people of the fighting industry.

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Outstanding Insights

I'd been looking for a book to help understand the mental game of fighting and this certainly delivered. In fact, it's much broader than just fighting with examples from the world of chess and running.

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Inspiring and insightful

This book gives the reader a true perspective of what it's like to be a fighter. How they think, what motivates them and how hard they work every day. I will definitely be listening to this book again soon.

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bit wishy-washy

Yeah ok but a little bit wishy-washy for me . Would have like decisive facts.

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was hooked from the start

very interesting book with outlooks from a lot of different perspectives on fighters. would definatly recommend to anyone interested in combat sports or sports psychology

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Great book

Good in depth knowledge to the world and life of a mixed martial artist. Opens your eyes on why some fighters are the way they are and do what they do. highly recommended, especially to fellow martial artists like myself who love and train in MMA and maybe even fought in MMA, it makes your live of our game even stronger

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very good

loved it, very interesting and easy to listen too. not just for fighters. not just

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great book for sport

good book for sports and mma. Lot to learn and to understand. Also helps to put some ideas and unclear things in the right place! Listen to it and enjoy!

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Awesome!

Absolute pleasure to listen to.

Amazing insight into a fighters mind and what it takes to be the best, inspirational and motivational.

Highly recommend to martial artists, fighters and the general public alike.

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Brilliant

A great insight, very informative and very motivating. Very easy to listen to and divided very well with different fighters of different backgrounds. About to start it again.

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