From Record-Setting Athlete to Recording Artist
Olympic long jump legend Bob Beamon returns to his first passion: playing the drums.
Beamon recalls the key to learning something new is total commitment, saying:
You’ve got to shut out the part of your brain that finds excuses.He reflects on his experience at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where he
won a gold medal and set an Olympic record — 8.90 meters (29 feet, 2.5 inches) — that hasn’t been broken yet.
However, Beamon's first passion was not sports, but percussion, which he discovered at the age of 9 when he was drawn to the sound of drumming.
Author's summary: Bob Beamon pursues drumming.