Relentless
To be unstoppable, you keep going when everyone else is giving up; you thrive under pressure; you never let your emotions make you weak. Grover details the essential traits shared by the most intense competitors and achievers in sports, business, and all walks of life. He shows you how even the best get better-- and how you can too.
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Tim Grover, who trained Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, lays out his theory of three kinds of high performers, Coolers, Closers, and Cleaners, and the harder mental practices it takes to become a Cleaner.
The most commonly searched is Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim Grover, the trainer of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade. Published in 2013, it categorizes high performers as Coolers, Closers, and Cleaners.
Both books address elite-athlete mindset, but from different angles. Tim Grover's Relentless is a coaching framework drawn from training many elite athletes; Kobe Bryant's The Mamba Mentality is more autobiographical.
Relentless is 233 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Relentless takes most readers 3 to 5 hours to finish.
Relentless is a standalone novel by Tim Grover, not part of a series.
Relentless is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.