In the September
8-10 issue of USA WEEKEND Magazine, we explored the mental preparation
of six American athletes competing in the Olympic Games. We asked
them what they read, watch and listen to when they relax their total
mental control, get out of the zone and stop visualizing. If you'd
like to purchase any of the following, simply click on the title and
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Blaine
Wilson, gymnast
Age 26, from Ohio
Favorite
movie: The Sixth Sense
Favorite recording artist: Eric Clapton
Recent Eric Clapton albums
Riding with the King, Blues, The Clapton Chronicles
 Cristina Teuscher,
swimmer
Age 22, from New York
Favorite book: Oh,
The Places You'll Go, by Dr. Seuss
Favorite movie: Life
Is Beautiful
 Lisa
Fernandez, softball player (pitcher)
29, from
Long Beach, Calif.
Favorite author:
Mary Higgins Clark
Recent Mary Higgins Clark books
Before I Say Goodbye, We'll Meet Again, The Night Awakens
Favorite movies: My Cousin Vinny, Evita
 Brad Schumacher,
water polo player
26, from Irvine, Calif.
Favorite book: The Last Sunrise, by Harold Gordon
Favorite movie:
The Outlaw Josey Wales
 Chris Humbert,
water polo
30, from Irvine, Calif.
Favorite book: The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
Favorite movie:
Happy Gilmore
 Curt Clausen,
race walker
32, from Chapel Hill, NC
CD getting most play: Tom Jones, Reload
Favorite book: Travels, by Michael Crichton
Currently reading: In A Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson
Favorite movies:
The Graduate, Gladiator
 Sue Blinks,
equestrian
42, from Wellington, Fla.
Favorite music:
Fleetwood Mac, Abba, John Denver
Fleetwood Mac sampler: The Original Fleetwood Mac, Live!, Live
at the Boston Tea Party, Pt. 3
Abba sampler: Originals, Lay All Your Love on Abba, Gold: Greatest
Hits
John Denver
sampler: The Best of John Denver Live, Greatest Hits, Take Me Home:
The John Denver Story.
Favorite movies: Stuart Little, Dirty Dancing, Saturday
Night Fever.
Photos by E.J. Camp for USA WEEKEND
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