Michael phelps book biography

No Limits: The Will to Succeed, is a 2009 auto-biography by Michael Phelps that details his journey from an overly energetic age grouper to the greatest Olympian in history.

No Limits details the ups and downs of Phelps career from the time he got in the water until the Beijing Olympics, where he won an unprecedented eight gold medals in a single Games.

The book follows the timeline of his events in Beijing, with each race being prefaced by lessons in what helped him get there.

There is a ton of excellent takeaways that swimmers and swim coaches can pull from this book, which is a fast-paced read (especially the chapter on the 4x100m freestyle relay and Jason Lezak’s other-worldly comeback).

Here are a series of quotes from the book, as well as my own thoughts and takeaways from No Limits: The Will to Succeed.

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