Obadele Thompson is an Olympic medalist, multiple NCAA champion, author, speaker, and attorney.Unrecruited in high school, Obadele contacted The University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), hoping for an athletic scholarship. He succeeded and went on to have a record-setting collegiate career.After graduating summa cum laude in Economics and Marketing, he competed globally as a professional athlete for a decade, winning a medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.SELECT HONORS-Olympic 100-meter dash Medalist-4 x NCAA Individual Champion-2 x NCAA Record Holder-NCAA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year-NCAA Today's Top VIII Recipient-CoSIDA First Team-at-Large Academic All-American
"""Obadele Thompson was the very essence of what a student-athlete should and could be."" -Robert ""Bob"" Kitchens Hall of Fame Head Coach (retired), University of Texas-El Paso ""A well-needed guide for every student-athlete. Also, a great source for coaches because it teaches our athletes how to identify and eradicate problems on their own so that in turn, we as coaches can have less stress professionally and in our personal lives."" -Curtis Frye Hall of Fame NCAA Champion Coach, University of South Carolina ""This book provides a comprehensive guide to identifying, learning, and implementing the keys to achieving goals and finding one's success.""-Allen Johnson Olympic and NCAA champion; coach North Carolina State University ""This book covers a lot of ground and hits some very critical areas of concern. Very useful for developing and emerging athletes worldwide."" -Dan Pfaff International High-Performance Consultant, coach of multiple Olympic champions and medalists"