Finding the Champion Within

by Bruce Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner

Book Overview

In this book, Bruce Jenner, one of the world's greatest athletes and a highly sought-after motivational speaker, provides a plan, useful to anyone, for personal growth. Using the decathlon as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684818523
• ISBN13: 9780684818528
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Well made and very inspirational

I stumbled upon this audiobook when I was going through a bin of [money] tapes at a local discount store, most of which were that cheap for good reason. Being a "motivational" tape I was immediately skeptical, as I usually am with self-help tapes. But having already picked through everything and deciding that death was preferable to listening to OJ Simpson talk about the "real killer" or other celebrities turned activists turned egomaniacs patting themselves on the back for "caring", I took the chance and bought it. I was expecting a lot of mindless sloganeering designed to hype up your emotions and turn off your brain, but I was pleasantly surprised that this tape is in fact very constructive as well as inspiring. Jenner comes off extremely articulate and likable, describing his aimless beginnings as a student content with mediocrity, to suddenly grasping hold of a lofty goal and pursuing it to the point of obsession. Then to achieve it only to once again slowing descend back in to obscurity, mediocrity and aimlessness, until he finally (with a little help from true love) grabbed hold of his life again and now pursues it with as much success and passion as he pursued the Olympic gold. He talks a lot of sense and his experiences are easy to relate to, helping you focus on what really holds one back from taking chances and pursuing success. I've got a lot of audiobooks, probably close to two dozen, but this is one of maybe three tapes that I'll throw in my car stereo as I go about my business and still enjoy listening to it. Good work Bruce!