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The Literary Mr. Phelps

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If you want to read a personal account of Michael Phelps’ training philosophy, you’ll have to wait until December, when the Olympic swimming champion’s “Built to Succeed” hits store shelves. As much as we value the written word around here, is it really necessary for every celebrity to pen a memoir? There are trees at stake, after all.

AP via Google:

Olympic superstar Michael Phelps will write a book telling the story behind his historic eight gold medal swims just in time for the holiday season, Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Friday.

In “Built to Succeed,” Phelps will also cover his philosophy on training and competition, as well as his life being raised by a single mother and coping with an attention-deficit disorder, the publisher said.

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By Kurt, September 18, 2008 at 7:09 pm #
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Phelps does not really need to write a book, he can just make it about 300 pages of pictures. I’d sure buy a couple for me and a few for my friends.

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By Ed Harges, August 26, 2008 at 4:50 pm #

The book is supposed to be about his “training philosophy”, but the title,“Built to Succeed”, hints that it’s not much of a strategy.

“Step one: be born with the perfect body structure for your sport…”?

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By Ed Harges, August 25, 2008 at 9:07 am #

Phelps and his mom seem to be genuinely nice people. I’m happy for any good that comes to them, including lucrative book deals.

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By jackpine savage, August 22, 2008 at 11:38 pm #

Yes, please, save the trees. That damn thing is going to haunt library book sales for at least a generation. There will be tens of thousands of first printing/first editions in perfect condition floating around for ever and ever.

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By hippy pam, August 22, 2008 at 7:24 pm #

This young man is 6’7” with a “wingspan” of 6’9”-or is it the other way around? AND HE IS FAST-A GREAT ATHLETE-........But how fair are the “competitions” when there is talk that CHINA is possibly lying about the ages of their athletes?Maybe they are also using steroids for their athletes?ARE THESE GAMES TRULY FAIR COMPETITIONS???????

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