Bob Beamon
Bob Beamon
Robert "Bob" Beamonis an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, which remained the world record for 7008721569600000000♠22 years, 316 days until it was broken in 1991 by Mike Powell...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLong Jumper
Date of Birth29 August 1946
CountryUnited States of America
real school responsibility
I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge took a chance and gave me one. They were getting ready to send me away to do real time, but they sent me instead to a juvenile alternative day school. And I guess that was the beginning of my turnaround.
halfway
Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.
softball sports dream
If my dreams can happen to me, your dreams can happen to you. Champions are not made on the track or field; champions are made by the things you accomplish and the way you use your abilities in everyday life situations.
sports thinking media
I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.
new-york team school
In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.
art athletic creating efforts extension foundation hard jumping mirrors natural piece respects success work
My participation in the Art of the Olympians is a natural extension of my athletic career. I find creating a piece of art in many respects mirrors my long jumping efforts illustrating that hard work and inspiration will always be the foundation for success.
beat understand
I had to get beat to understand how to win.
art experience expression form great interested liked looking outside peak reached sports
Sometimes when you've reached a peak experience, you look for other peak experiences... I'd always been interested in art. I was looking for other experiences outside of sports. Art was a form of expression I had always liked a great deal.
cases
When you can't read or write at 14 or 15, in most cases you're headed for trouble, and trouble was finding me.
crucial eight ipod jump life listen music percussion rhythm since
I like to listen to my iPod and also play music. I've been doing percussion since I was eight or nine. Rhythm is crucial in long jump but also in life.