what makes a successful athlete
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What makes a successful athlete?
Why should Michael Johnson be considered a successful athlete?
Being a successful athlete doesn't come naturally. It involves many mental and physical components. Reading through Michael Johnson's autobiography helps the reader determine the persona of a successful athlete. Discipline, disappointment, pressure, perseverance and performance are all attributes that will feature in this essay. For the purpose of this essay success is defined as, "the favourable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavours" and to be successful is, "achieving or having achieved success". These two definitions will show that Michael Johnson fits nicely in to the successful athlete category.
The strongest example to support Johnson being a successful athlete is the way he was able being able to deal with pressure. Unsuccessful athletes can't handle it, successful athletes can...