Unbreakable
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Unbreakable
Buy Now for $26.99
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Narrated by:
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Jake Wood
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Tom Fordyce
About this listen
Read by Jake Wood, featuring Ronnie O'Sullivan. This audiobook includes an exclusive interview between Ronnie and Tom Fordyce.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
In a career spanning over three decades, Ronnie O'Sullivan's journey to becoming the greatest snooker player of all time has been filled with extremes.
A teenage snooker prodigy, Ronnie turned professional with the highest of expectations. This pressure, together with a challenging personal life, catapulted Ronnie into a life of excess and addiction. He was winning titles - his first within a year of turning professional - but losing himself and his game as he tried to block out the mental pain and misery. Whilst Ronnie appeared at the height of the game to spectators, these were the moments when he felt at his lowest.
In the year 2000 Ronnie started rehab and began the journey to get his life back, addressing his demons and working on developing a stronger and more resilient mindset. More than twenty years on, Ronnie is still obsessed with delivering his peak performance and never happier than when in a snooker hall, but success has now taken on a new meaning for the record-equalling world champion.
Framed around the many lessons Ronnie has learned from his extraordinary career, Unbreakable takes us beyond the success and record-breaking achievements to share the reality - and brutality - of making it to the very top, whatever your field. Ronnie is the first to say he doesn't have all the answers, but in sharing the experiences that have shaped him and mistakes that have made him, he hopes to help readers navigate their own personal challenges and obstacles, and in turn reach their maximum potential.
This is Ronnie O'Sullivan as you've never seen him before, the definitive and unflinching story of a true British icon and a fascinating insight into the mindset of the world's greatest snooker player.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2023 Ronnie O'Sullivan (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group LimitedCritic Reviews
best book ever!
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I think this book is narrated by Jake Wood. Regardless, it is performed in an accent that you can easily think could be Ronnie and that really adds to the experience.
The book helped me understand that snooker, and the circus Ronnie lives when he is working, shows us what the man can do, and it is phenomenal (Ronnie fans will get that reference). By comparison, running and the mental attitude and relationships he has with his running mates show who the man really is.
Like his running mates, I think I like Ronnie now more for who he is, rather what he does on the snooker table. This book reveals a very insightful man, and I can appreciate the process that got him to his current mental state.
Reaching the pinnacle in any sport is remarkable, but overcoming the challenges of fractured families, success on the world stage and the substance abuse that so often accompanies success is the true measure of this man. It has been the unrecoverable downfall of so many of our sporting heroes, and it looks, for all money, that Ronnie has found a path through that.
There is so much more in this book than an insight into a snooker's GOAT. There are lessons for anyone who struggles with the many challenges of life.
It has been a long time since I did the audible equivalent of "I couldn't put the book down"
What a gem of a book.
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