Olympic hotshot Michael Phelps will indite a book telling the story in arrears his historic eight gold medal swims just in time for the holiday season, Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, proclaimed Friday.
In "Built to Succeed," Phelps will also continue his philosophy on education and competition, as well as his life being raised by a single mother and coping with an attention-deficit disorder, the publisher said.
The book is scheduled to be released in December.
Phelps, 23, became the winningest Olympian of all time at this summer's Beijing games, fetching eight golds to tote up to six previous Olympic first-place victories. He holds seven world records.
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