Life, The Spiritual Sport

“My struggles after losing everything I had were the genesis of this book. I’d gone along laughing, playing, and hammering through the straits at full speed, but my ship hit an iceberg in 2005. Listing and tilting, that ship sank five years later. All that remained was a tiny lifeboat packed with a few basic provisions, floating towards no particular island. I had no choice but to rebuild my life from the inside out. Being awarded an Olympic Gold medal in Seoul, South Korea, in 1988 had bee...