From Record-Setting Athlete to Recording Artist
Olympic long jump legend Bob Beamon returns to his first passion: playing the drums.
The key to learning something new is total commitment. You’ve got to shut out the part of your brain that finds excuses.
It’s like when I was getting ready to take my long jump in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. I’d worked hard, I’d sharpened all my tools, and it was my time to perform well.
He won a gold medal that day and set an Olympic record — 8.90 meters (29 feet, 2.5 inches) — that hasn’t been broken yet.
But his first passion was not sports; it was percussion. One Saturday when he was around 9, he woke up to the sound of drumming.
Author's summary: Bob Beamon returns to drumming.
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