How Bad Do You Want It?

This read definitely held some gems for aspiring elite athletes, although I did have a few issues with it. I liked the idea that each chapter would focus on a particular sporting individual, and through this case study style exploration readers would learn something about the athlete mindset. However, these chapters were long and sometimes bogged in sport-specific detail, making it difficult to get through them. Additionally, I realised after some time that all the examples were endurance sports, and although I understand why the book was not marketed as such I felt slightly disappointed in this aspect. However, the physiological model and mindset learnings that Fitzgerald was able to both infer and pull from these real-life legends was astounding, and I definitely gained a new understanding and respect for individuals pushing themselves in whatever level of sporting arena they were in. I do wish that there was a condensed version of just the key lessons, but I can attribute some of my frustrations towards not being well-read in non-fiction generally.