The Comeback Quotient
A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

With Molly Seidel on the cover, I expected her to be a more fully developed character in the book. Although she is not, readers get insider views at the comebacks of revered long-distance athletes Geoffrey Kamworor, Mirinda Carfrae, Joan Benoit; others you should know but maybe don't: Petra Majdic,......more

I read this book over the holidays and I could not stop reading. It felt like I was discovering something that I had always known and the author was describing it to me. By applying positive psychology to endurance sports, the author takes us through real stories of athletes that overcome different......more

This is a great book on sports psychology. Through inspirational tales of triumph over adversity interwoven with psychological theory, the author makes a compelling case for the power of mental resiliency in sport, and better yet, offers very concrete advice to build that resiliency. Broadly, that a......more

I am a huge fan of Matt Fitzgerald's work, and I feel confident in saying this is his best book yet. Interwoven with illustrative stories, with the added touch of progress updates on his own "comeback", this is an inspiring read. What's more, I sent an email to Matt saying as much, plus a recommenda......more

Interestingly, this coincided with a book I was reading on Stoicism. I do think a lot of what Matt writes about in this is Stoicism in more words. I enjoyed a lot of the studies referenced and, as always, the accounts of his own training were my favourite.......more