The thrill David Rush felt the first time he beat his brother at something has driven him to more than 180 concurrent Guinness World Records, he revealed.
In an interview with the Washington Post published Monday, Rush, who makes his living giving motivational talks, recounted how he frequently came in second or third when competing against his two older brothers in football, table tennis and swimming while growing up in Boise, Idaho. It was in a swimming race with one of his siblings that he finally turned the tables, igniting in him a competitive streak that he keeps alive these days by staking a claim as the globe’s most prolific Guinness World Record setter.
