Author : John Hansberry
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2018-07-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781724291219
This is an auto-biographical look at the life of John Hansberry and his basketball career thus far. There are nine chapters that have distinct life lessons. All people can take some ideas away from this book to help better their lives, in a business, personal or spiritual way.
Author : Shannon Beasley
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2017-01-31
Category :
ISBN : 9780997492545
Motivational book written by Life-Coach ans Motivational Speaker, Shannon Beasley Taitt which relays life-changing lessons she learned from her mother, who often taught her life lessons through the game of basketball.
Author : Paul Volponi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1538139286
From award-winning young adult author Paul Volponi comes the true story of his unforgettable summer spent proving himself as a legitimate New York City streetballer, only later discovering that he had gained a set of skills that would enhance his life off the court, as well. During the sweltering summer of seventeen-year-old Paul Volponi’s life, he had only one goal—he wanted, no, needed to become a legitimate and respected New York City street basketball player. It was a passion that consumed him night and day, and at times even isolated him from his friends and family. So he entered through the gates of the Proving Ground, the roughest streetball yard in the city. It was a place where the fouls resembled felonies, and the atmosphere mirrored that of the Roman Coliseum more than Madison Square Garden. It was where teens and adults contested pickup games with a ferocity seemingly greater than that of the NBA Finals. The Proving Ground was a difficult place to cultivate friendships and an easy environment to make enemies. This is the story of Paul’s summer-long initiation at the Proving Ground. It is truly a streetball testament of a teenager who wanted more than anything else to earn his stripes in streetball society. Only what he didn’t understand at the time was that this experience would deliver to him, as it does today for so many young adults, a set of skills that would enhance his life far beyond the boundaries of a basketball court.
Author : Derek Fisher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1439149151
The Three Time NBA Champion and starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers shares his Christian faith and inspirational values for success and happiness. Since his inaugural season with the NBA in 1996, Derek Fisher has had a dramatic impact on the great success of the Lakers. Playing alongside legendary players like Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, and Lamar Odom, Fisher has held his position at point guard, participating in some of the most dramatic post-season games and moments in recent memory. In 2007 Derek Fisher and his wife Candace’s lives were upturned by news that their eleven-month-old daughter, Tatum, had been diagnosed with a degenerative and rare form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma. Although his team, the Utah Jazz, was in the midst of a heated playoff series, Fisher immediately put his family first to be with his daughter at the time of her required emergency surgery and chemotherapy. Nominated the best moment in the 2007 ESPY Awards, Derek was able to make a dramatic late entrance and performance in the fourth quarter of game 2 to help the Jazz to an emotional victory. Following the season, Fisher asked the Jazz to release him of his contract so he could devote his energies to fighting his daughter’s retinoblastoma without knowing if he would ever play basketball again. Fisher officially rejoined the Lakers, resuming his role as point guard, and provided a veteran influence alongside Kobe Bryant to a relatively young Lakers squad. In his compelling new book, Fisher shares the Christian values that have guided him on the court and off. With anecdotes from his personal and professional life, Fisher offers lessons learned along the way. Drawing on the power of faith, he shows how anyone can play for a successful team: whether that team is family, community, or just happens to be one in the NBA.
Author : Chris Paul
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 32,3 MB
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250276721
Instant New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! A powerful and unexpected memoir of family, faith, tragedy, and life's most important lessons. The day after future NBA superstar Chris Paul signed his letter of intent to play college basketball for Wake Forest, he received a world-shattering phone call. His grandfather, Nathaniel "Papa" Jones, a pillar of the Winston-Salem community where he owned and operated the first Black-owned service station in North Carolina, was mugged and ultimately died from a heart attack resulting from the assault. His funeral filled the largest church in the county, which held over one thousand people. He was sixty-one years old. The day after burying his grandfather, Chris was coping the best way he knew how: by playing basketball for his high school team. After pouring in shot after shot, his last attempt was an airball purposely flung out of bounds from the foul line before Chris exited the game. The next day, local news headlines declared that he fell six points shy of the statewide single game high school scoring record. But he accomplished exactly what he set out to do: scoring sixty-one points, one for each year of life lived by his grandfather. In Sixty-One, Chris opens up about life beyond basketball and the role his grandfather played in molding him into the man and father he is today. He’ll speak about the foundation of faith and family he built his life upon, what it means to be a positive light within your community and beyond, and the importance of setting the proper example for future generations. Most importantly, Chris will talk about his home, Winston-Salem, and the close-knit family and village that raised him to become one of the most respected leaders in all of sports.
Author : Reggie Hanson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2019-04-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781726781633
Former high-major Division I college and professional basketball coach share his personal stories, insights, and photos to explain real-life lessons learned as a student-athlete while playing basketball at the Univesity of Kentucky. It was there where Reggie discovered that all of the different experiences he encountered on campus would shape how he lived the rest of his life. He broadly discusses perseverance, overcoming adversity, mental toughness, leadership, organization and time management, trusting the process, preparation, Personal authority, communication, sacrifice, emotional intelligence, discipline, adventure, responsibility and more with real-life examples. Life lessons happen over and over again and can be difficult to master. Overcoming fear and getting out of his comfort zone was challenging yet rewarding. This book will be very beneficial as a guide for coaches and student-athletes at all levels. It will prepare current student-athletes for life after college and prepare future college student-athletes for the life lessons they will learned once they get to college. This book will be valuable to all people in leadership and management positions. It also helps any and all individuals in their personal life and professional careers.
Author : Dre Baldwin
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1260121399
Your game plan for career success—from International Basketball Pro Dre Baldwin No one knows how to turn unrelenting self-belief into hard-and-fast career results better than Dre Baldwin. When everyone and everything was telling him to give up on his goal of playing pro basketball, he got focused on his future, and met the challenge head on. In the end, Baldwin succeeded—making a living playing basketball in leagues around the world—and in these pages, he shares all his secrets. Whether you’re just starting out in business or looking to take your career to the next level, Work On Your Game provides the strategy you need to succeed from the inside-out. Dre Baldwin, or “DreAllDay,” as his fans know him, delivers an easy-to-understand four-part model for achieving any goal. It’s based on discipline, confidence, mental toughness, and personal initiative—and it’s proven effective. Baldwin takes you through the steps of identifying what’s expected of you, preparing for what's coming, and conditioning your body and mind for the competitive world of business—and everything is a business. Baldwin’s personal story of beating the odds is both inspiring and instructional. You’ll learn how to play the mental game in a way that launches you towards unparalleled achievement.
Author : Achille Wealth PhD
Publisher : XinXii
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 2020-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 3966334747
PURSUING YOUR PERSONAL LEGEND « Heroes come and go, but legends are forever. » -KOBE BRYANT Many of us live by accident, i.e. we do not stumble upon a spouse, we embrace a career out of sheer vagrancy and seek the meaning of it all. We hope and wish to be lucky in love, make our fortune and stay healthy. I spent years living by chance until I learned from the incredible journey of the world's top athletes to live with a determined goal and a mission to accomplish. This book - inspiring and fascinating - offers insight and perspective on how one of the greatest basketball players of all time approached life, both on and off the field, and what really made him tick. In addition, by highlighting 32 steps to a legendary life - all drawn from various stages or situations in the life of this basketball phenomenon - this exciting new book allows readers to apply some of these practices to their own lives. Using the life lessons learned from the example of this basketball legend, you will learn how to increase your confidence, overcome daily challenges, live with passion and determination, and achieve your goals while leaving a legacy that will stand the test of time. This inspiring and practical collection is almost a spiritual guide, a warrior's manual.
Author : Pat Summitt
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
Release : 1999-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0767999282
"I'm someone who will push you beyond all reasonable limits. Someone who will ask you not to just fulfill your potential but to exceed it. Someone who will expect more from you than you may believe you are capable of. So if you aren't ready to go to work, shut this book." --Pat Summitt Pat Summitt, head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, was a phenomenon in women's basketball. Her ferociously competitive teams won the NCAA championship in 1996 and 1997 and made her the winningest coach in NCAA Division 1 women's history. Summitt wrote the first motivational book by a high-achieving female coach. In Reach for the Summit, she presented her formula for success, which she called the "Definite Dozen System." In each of the book's twelve chapters, Summitt talked about one of the system's principles--such as responsibility, discipline, and loyalty--and showed how to apply it to your own situation. Pat Summitt used her own remarkable story as a vehicle for explaining how anyone can transform herself through ambition. Through many amusing anecdotes and a few very painful memories, she revealed her mistakes and triumphs as a beginning basketball player, as an Olympic athlete, as a Division 1 coach, and as a mother. Although Summitt was not born to the easy life--she was born into a hard-working farm family in a remote corner of Tennessee--she became one of the most successful and highest-paid coaches in the country. She candidly talked about how she turned her losses into wins and then showed how you can do the same. Wonderfully entertaining and brilliantly instructive, Reach for the Summit discloses the winning secret to building a principled system and making it to the top at whatever you do. Pat Summitt's story will motivate you to achieve in sports, business, and the most important game of all--life.
Author : Pat Williams
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 2001-08-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1558749551
Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. But his pre-eminence is more than just extraordinary athletic ability: the lessons of his life-such as focus, passion, hard work, perseverance and accountability-have shaped him into one of the most revered celebrities of the 20th century. In this inspiring book Pat Williams, motivational speaker and senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic, reveals Jordan's method for living a life of greatness that we can all incorporate into our lives. Fascinating anecdotes and quotes from those who know Michael best provide a glimpse into a persona as sweeping and immense as any generation has ever witnessed. Peppered with examples from Williams's life and those of other star athletes and celebrities, this uplifting book shows that we are, indeed, all capable of fulfilling our full potential. Readers from all walks of life can appreciate and aspire to living life like a champion.
