GSP: The Way Of The Fight (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
Great book. You truly realize how much work GSP puts in to be the best at what he does. You realize there is MUCH more than good genes involved. Everything in his life is aligned towards the single purpose of his existence; becoming the best and establishing an incredible legacy, while elevating the sport to the highest of levels. He does this by training with guys that are better than him at their respective disciplines, but also by training with guys he can win fairly easily against just so his mind and body stays accustomed to the feeling and process of winning as well. He hires people to his weaknesses. He has a great team to help him in every aspect of his carreer and life, so that he can really focus on what he has to do.The talk about fear is pretty interesting too. I suggest this book to anyone who likes sports, but also anyone needing inspiration on how to set your life in a way that will help you reach your goals. I decided to read this in light of him recently stepping away from the sport and relinquishing his title, which I find oddly fitting considering he clearly lost the fight to Johny Hendricks anyway.The book gives insight into the workings of the mind of GSP, but nothing too groundbreaking or unexpected, especially for people that have been following his career. He seems pretty much as pictured from fight specials, interviews, press conferences, etc...He is very driven, hard working, obsessive, analytical, philosophical, respectful, and thirsty for knowledge. From a literary perspective, not a bad effort, but it wasn't a particularly, challenging or thought provoking read in my opinion. It was kind of repetitive and scattered, frequently going between his narrative and a narrative written by somebody involved in his life. So in other words, you hear him talk about how obsessive and hard working he is, then it cuts to a paragraph of his mom or dad or coach telling you the exact same thing often times through the relaying of a story. It really pounds the point of how much obsession, focus and egocentricity is required for him to succeed consistently at this level of the sport, shunning normalcy, friends and life events in lieu of an unbreakable, regimented training routine. Clearly this imbalance in his life played a large part in him stepping away from the sport, and I am curious how long it will be, if at all, before the imbalance swings in the other direction and he needs this intense competition and push to feel like himself again.I don't think there is much here for people that aren't already fans of mixed martial arts or more specifically even, of GSP himself.
What do You think about GSP: The Way Of The Fight (2013)?
The worst MMA Bio I have read to date, and I have read them all. I would not recommend it.
—Lennylee
