The Mindful Athlete is a sports psychology book on the mental practices of champion athletes by mindfulness expert George Mumford.

As the game clock winds down and the result hangs on a single final play, pressure is high. But the mindful athlete remains calm.

A champion's confidence is unwavering because they know themselves. Their mind is always one step ahead of the game.

George Mumford is a mindfulness and athletic performance expert. He helped lift Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls to six national championships during the 1990s.

Mumford is a pioneer in sports psychology. He's credited with introducing mindfulness and mental coaching to the highest levels of American sports, most notably the NBA.

The Mindful Athlete is a 2015 sports psychology book expounding on the connection between mind, body, and athletic performance and how to balance them.

Mumford talks through his own path to mindfulness to show how anyone in sports can improve their game by focusing on their mental state.