Lessons from top-class sportsmen
On this page you'll find life stories of top-class sporters. The road to top-class sport, and what one had to do to get there, can also be meant for situations outside top-class sport, for instance your work.
In the majority of the top-class stories you can distiguish a thread, and that is similar to success in general. Top-class entrepreneurs, top-class business people, top-class politicians and top-class religious leaders, but also top-class fathers, mothers and husbands and wifes experience similar events, principles and learning moments.
Leontien van Moorsel
Maybe the best female cyclist ever worldwide, Leontien Zijlaard- van Moorsel. After a successful cycling career in 1994 she was forced to stop early - she had told herself that she could improve her performance by lose weight extremely. What seemed the key to success, disrupted her life for years. In the end she only weighed 42 kilos and she was a wreck when she disappeared from the platoon. The cycling world had written her off. But thanks to her willpower and with the help of her family she succeeded in fighting back to the top level: the Olympic Games of Sydney. She performed what seemed impossible to everyone: she gained three golden medals. More ....
Tiger Woods
Golfer Tiger Woods, the # 1 of the world, succeeded in 1998 in that which no colleague had ever done: he won four 'majors' in a row. His life wasn't always that bright. Tiger had to conquer many prejudices in the golf circuit. The lessons that he learned to reach the absolute top are universal. More ....
Lewis Hamilton
The 22-year-old Briton made his debut in the Formula 1 in 2007 in a spectacular way: he scored stand after stand and won the race four times. Up to the last race Hamilton leaded the championship. Eventually he became second in the final score, only one point behind the new champion, Kimi Raikkonen, a tremendous bang. Nevertheless Lewis came back and in 2008 he became the youngest Formula 1 winner ever. More ....
Roger Federer
Tennis superstar Roger Federer is a Swiss who is considered the greatest tennis player ever. How is it possible that Federer towers above all the others with his constant successes during the last years? His journey to the top is impressive. More ....
Andre Agassi
Tennis legend Andre Agassi broke through on his 17th as the Las Vegas Kid. With his wild long hair and controversial clothes he was the favourite of the public and a big worry for the traditional tennis organization. Agassi moved up to the absolute top, but also tumbled down again. After he was ranked outside the top 100, Andre was mentally coached by Anthony Robbins to get him back in peak state. More ....
Michael Jordan
Many people consider Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player ever. The sports legend played for the Chicago Bulls during thirteen seasons. On the 16th of November 1996 he scored for the 36th time more than 50 points. In total he has scored more than 25,000 points in his whole career. Jordan has experienced very hard times too. In 1993 his father was murdered at a robbery and he stopped playing basketball.
Nevertheless he returned to the NBA. After a 'difficult' start in 1995, everything went well as from 1996. He won his 4th championship with the Bulls. After many titles eventually Michael stopped and in 2001 he returned for the second time to the NBA. Now he made his team mates score and thus he showed not only to be the best individually, but also to be able to inspire others as a person. More ....
Mohammed Ali
From a painter's boy at the countryside of Kentucky to one of the most celebrated sports heroes of the past century. No boxer in history appeals as much to the imagination as Mohammed Ali. His exceptional performance in the ring combined with his charismatic appearance outside the ring made him an icon, and as an explicit frontman of the black power movement he was of great importance in the battle against discrimination.
No heavyweight boxer has defended his world title as many times as Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay). In 2005 Ali received the American Medal for the Freedom of Speech given to him by president George W. Bush, for his merits for the sports and the Civil Rights Movement. More ....
