3,009 Views - Click for Gallery To sweeten the close of Michal Phelps’ fairytale Beijing Olympics, he’s just signed a book deal with Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, to tell his story. The book deal comes after a historic Olympic run in which Phelps became the winningest Olympian in the history of the modern Games. “Built to Succeed,” which is scheduled for a December release, will cover Phelps’ philosophies on training and competition. It’ll also delve deeper into his personal life, discussing the challenges of coping with an attention-deficit disorder and being raised by a single mom. Source: jamnoe   Via: pinkisthenewblog

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