USA Today – Focus Gives Lance Head Start as Tour de France Nears – Jul 4, 2005 – Sal Ruibal – On Saturday, Lance Armstrong will begin an unprecedented attempt to win a seventh consecutive Tour de France, besting the record he set last year in the world’s biggest cycling race.… Read the rest
Cox News Service – Jul 10, 2005 – New diet promotes mental toughness for weight loss – By Jane Daugherty – WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.” It dawned on me that if you could focus in a positive way on your health and weight to cultivate a healthy narcissism, it could lead to dietary and exercise choices that make you feel better about yourself.… Read the rest
Psychology Today – Michael J. Formica on July 12, 2008 in Enlightened Living – I live and work in Connecticut, and both my life and my work are divided between the social and economic extremes that have always characterized the state.… Read the rest
Newsday – Jan 17, 2006 – John Hanc – Fitness, Heath/Science – If ever Maria Diglio needed a friend, it was on July 23, 2005. The previous morning, Diglio, a 41-year-old attorney from Garden City, had left her two children with her ex-husband and driven upstate to Lake Placid to compete in the Ironman USA triathlon.… Read the rest
Los Angeles Times – May 27, 2006 – Martin Henderson – You watch them play softball, they smile the whole time. They run the bases 110%. They love the game, they love their teammates, they love the sport. ‘You can see the glow in their faces.… Read the rest
ESPN.com – Cynthia Faulkner – The Nasdaq-100 Open quarterfinal between Andy Roddick and Carlos Moya was won in the mind. Serving for the match Thursday afternoon, Moya missed a pretty easy volley that changed the momentum: Roddick advanced to the semis with the 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 victory.… Read the rest
Mar 21, 2006 – Show Me: Dr. Murray Challenges T.O. to Improve, and National TV to Cover the Discussion! Can Terrell Owens control himself and become a team player? Palm Beach, Florida — March 21, 2006 — Can Terrell Owens control himself and become a team player?… Read the rest
Mental Equipment Syndicated Column – Dec 1,1996 – Dr. John F. Murray – Last month we examined the harmful emotion of fear in tennis and offered suggestions to eliminate choking (See November 1996 Article). An equally dangerous mental state often arises in the absence of fear, when the player is in total command of the match and on the verge of victory.… Read the rest
