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FOREWORD BY PHIL JACKSON
"Proper mental preparation can be the difference between average and good,
or very good and great. George is able to help make that difference."
--Al Skinner, Jr., former coach, Boston College Eagles men's basketball
1997�2010
"Working with George in my college years was a turning point in my career
as an athlete and in my life. Our many discussions, his advice, and his support
helped me become confident in myself. Because of him, I am the player and
person that I am today."
--Laura Georges, France women's international soccer team
"George steadily kept me mentally ready for games, building my self-
confidence and keeping me calm and relaxed via self-talk exercises and
weekly meetings."
--Reggie Jackson, point guard, Detroit Pistons
"George has been able to help me think about the sport of basketball from a
different perspective. He has shown me everything isn't physical; a lot of it
is mental, including self-talk. Being able to use self-talk as a self-motivation
aid is something I put into practice every day."
--Wayne Selden, Jr., guard, Jayhawks, Kansas University NBA prospect
"George has helped me realize that the mental side of athletics is just as--
if not more--important than the physical aspect of the game. By focusing
on the mental aspect of the game, it will help improve my physical result."
--Zach Auguste, Notre Dame Fighting Irish forward, NBA prospect
"George has been the most significant teacher I have had in body, mind, and
spirit. He opened doors for me that forever changed my perception of
the `game.' I have never met a being more present, or who responds more
intelligently in the present moment. He is a true teacher; one who shares,
guides, and will lead you to uncover your own power to elevate your game
both on and off the court. He's the type of teacher that you go back to years
later to say, `thank you.'"
--Nancy Legan, former captain, Boston College Eagles women's volleyball
"George did a tremendous job of teaching our players and staff that being
mentally prepared is just as important as being physically prepared. He also
taught us the importance of staying `mentally present' which allows you to
be your best in the moment that you are in."
--Milan Brown, coach, The College of the Holy Cross Crusaders
men's basketball
"George has helped me become a better me! His wisdom on being a mindful
athlete stems from the core of who and what mindfulness looks like in
its greatest form. The Mindful Athlete will change what it means to be an
athlete forever!"
--Steven Hailey, former point guard, Boston College Eagles
men's basketball
"George Mumford has tremendous knowledge and experience in sports
psychology that helps players and teams perform at peak potential. Every
athlete has highs and lows throughout their careers. George helped me
gain perspective and change my outlook when I was in a rut and I emerged
as a better player, leader, and person. I am honored to have worked with
George and I know others can learn from the insight he shares."
--Kia McNeill, assistant coach, Northeastern University Huskies
women's soccer
"Understanding why I was doing something, how to achieve that goal, and
approaching the task from a clear, stable mental, emotional, and physical
standpoint is what George helped me to achieve. This provided purity in
the process, whether outcomes were good or bad, and enabled me to accept
the outcomes knowing that I put my mind, body, and soul into achieving
my goal."
--Kyle Casey, former co-captain, Harvard Crimson men's basketball
"Working with George has allowed me to develop mindfulness of my body
and my surroundings. That has not only improved my play on the field but
has helped me develop as a person and uncover the characteristics that I
want to be and express in my life."
--Max Breiter, high school soccer player
"I told George once, it seems like playing goalie is all mental. He laughed
and said everything is mental. Teaching me how to play the mental game,
George has helped me unlock conscious performance."
--Henry Donnellan, high school lacrosse player
"A truly valuable, unique, and inspiring door into the cultivation of mind-
body unity and purpose. George's love of basketball and of life comes
through on every page and shapes his remarkable story and the enormous
impact he has had at the highest levels of The Game. But George's real
message here is that anybody can cultivate mindfulness through ongoing
practice, fine-tune his or her way of being, and thus, take care of what most
needs taking care of and do what most needs to be done."
--Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
(MBSR), Full Catastrophe Living and Mindfulness for Beginners
"Full of wisdom and heart--both a moving story and powerful practices
from a very fine teacher--George Mumford shows how to find freedom in
a game fully played and a life well lived."
--Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart
"George Mumford has written a fantastic book--inspiring, funny, and
insightful. I'm amongst the people who have urged George for years to
write a book, and I couldn't be happier for him, and all of us who get to
read it and reread it. Qualities like mindfulness, concentration, trust, and
the forging of a team spirit really come alive."
--Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness and Real Happiness at Work
"George Mumford's insight into mindful performance has helped many
world-class athletes reach their true and full potential. This engaging book
will help you to lower your stress level and raise the bar in your own game
and life."
--Jim Afremow, PhD, The Champion's Mind
THE MINDFUL ATHLETE
THE
MINDFUL
ATHLETE
SECRETS TO PURE
PERFORMANCE
GEORGE MUMFORD
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Author photo � Nancy Carbonaro
eISBN: 978-1-941529-07-2
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May all beings
experience excellence
and wisdom with
grace and ease.
CONTENTS
foreword
Phil Jackson
introduction
The Zone
chapter 1
Ass on Fire: The Five Spiritual Superpowers
chapter 2
Mindfulness: Eye of the Hurricane
chapter 3
Concentration: Focused Awareness
chapter 4
Insight: Know Thyself
chapter 5
Right Effort: Forget Thyself
chapter 6
Trust: The Space between the Thoughts
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD:
PHIL JACKSON
FOREWORD
Over twenty years ago, I asked George
Mumford to come and teach our
players the skill of mindfulness.
George had been recommended by
Jon Kabat-Zinn as a teacher who
would fit in well with our players
because he knew mindfulness,
and he had played basketball and attended the University of
Massachusetts back in the day of Al Skinner and Dr. J, so we
knew he understood the game. George came and we hit it off.
Our relationship blossomed and now we are working together
again in the NBA and he has written this wonderful book.
I had tried using meditation with my Chicago Bulls teams
during the early nineties. We had been successful as a team
and I believed they had the ability to focus on and accomplish
whatever tasks were put in front of them. The next group of
players that we brought in with the team didn't have Michael
Jordan as a leader and we needed some way to practice focus
and concentration, as well as deal with stress, and develop our
ability to work together as a team. I thought the team's training
in mindfulness should fall on the shoulders of George as our
meditation teacher rather than on me as their coach.
We had played one season without Jordan and we'd done
quite well. However, ten of the twelve players were holdovers
from our three-peat championship teams of the early nineties.
They had bonded and were seasoned. Our newest group was
trying to find that bond. We experimented with quite a few
things that season. Instead of the usual two-a-day practices in
training camp, for example, we were using a shortened ver-
sion of conditioning in the morning, taking a break for lunch
and implementing some mental training, and then going back
on the court for a full practice. This made for a six-hour day.
It wasn't easy for the players to adapt to this structure, but
George taught mental training exercises that really helped us
stay fresh and on track.
Things took off later that season when Michael came back
to League and the Bulls. Successes followed over the next three
season championships. During this time, the Bulls had a num-
ber of players who were in their late twenties, were parents, and
were quite mature. This was a good balance because we also had
Dennis Rodman and other players with strong personalities in
the mix. One day the players all came out to practice wearing
T-shirts that had a cartoon image of the team sleeping during
meditation. The shirt showed a bunch of zzzz's coming out of
their heads with the inscription: "Getting Mumfied." George
provided great leadership during that period and I think he
gained insight into the mindset of the professional athlete, the
attention span athletes had available, and how mindfulness can
bear fruit in that context.
Next stop for George and me was Los Angeles and the
Lakers. George, who has always lived in Massachusetts, had
to fly cross-country regularly to come to California to work
with our guys. This was a team that had done reasonably well
during the regular season the past two years, but had been
swept out of the playoffs in embarrassing style. George had his
work cut out for him. With his clarity, humor, and deep knowl-
edge of mindfulness practice, he was able to reach this crew.
We set up our video room with theater style chairs and George
would come in the room and get them to sit on the edge of
their seats, assume a relaxed and upright position so they could
practice conscious breathing, and he would have them focus on
just being right where they were, fully in the present moment.
Fast forward two years to 2002 and our third attempt to win
a title and repeat what had happened at previous Bulls champi-
onships. The Sacramento Kings fiercely challenged us that year.
The series dragged into the seventh game on the Kings' court.
The morning of the final game we had an 11:00 a.m. buffet for
a 3:00 p.m. game, with video for the players before the buffet.
My coaching staff and I had met at 9:30 that morning in the
hotel caf� to make sure we had covered all our points before we
were to meet with our guys. When we made it to our banquet
room, five minutes ahead of schedule, every player was already
in his spot ready to sit and breathe together. As the game went
into overtime that afternoon, the team stayed steady with the
same collected calm they had shown before brunch.
A lot of athletes think the trick to getting better is just to
work harder. But there is a great power in non-action and
non-thinking. The hardest thing, after all the work and all the
time spent on training and technique, is just being fully present
in the moment. Time after time, team after team, I have seen
athletes transform and have seen championships saved by play-
ers who believed in Mumford's one-mind, one-breath efforts.
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION:
THE ZONE
INTRODUCTION
Seventy-two million people were
watching game six of the 1998 NBA
Championship Finals between the
Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz.
With only eighteen seconds left
in the game and the Jazz ahead
by one point, an invisible shift
seemed to occur: Michael Jordan
stripped the ball from Karl Malone,
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
George Mumford has taught mindfulness and meditation since
1989, after he left his career as a financial planner and earned
a Master's in counseling psychology. He worked at the Univer-
sity of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness and directed a
prison project that has taught mindfulness techniques to more
than five thousand New England inmates.
While a student-athlete at the University of Massachusetts
(where he roomed with Julius Erving), injuries forced Mumford
out of basketball. The medications that relieved his pain also
numbed him to the emptiness he felt without the game that
had been his greatest passion--and led him to drugs. After
getting clean and making meditation the center of his life,
Mumford returned to the game he loves, teaching his revolu-
tionary mindfulness techniques in the NBA.
When Michael Jordan left the Chicago Bulls to play baseball
in 1993, the team was in crisis. Coach Phil Jackson, a long-
time mindfulness practitioner, contacted Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
to find someone who could teach mindfulness techniques to
the struggling Bulls--someone who would have credibility
and could speak the language of his players. Kabat-Zinn led
Jackson to Mumford and their partnership began. George has
worked with Phil Jackson and many of the NBA championship
teams he coached.
He was also a part of the Boston College Eagles' legendary
run from worst to first in the Big East alongside coach Al Skinner
in 2001.
George Mumford teaches regularly at business and athletic
conferences, nationally and internationally. He is currently part
of Jackson's New York Knicks. He lives in Massachusetts.
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