Character Driven

Character Driven
Author: Derek Fisher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2009-09-08
Genre: 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.

How to Be Like Mike

How to Be Like Mike
Author: Pat Williams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0757395449

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.

Life and Basketball: Life Lessons and Basketball Tips

Life and Basketball: Life Lessons and Basketball Tips
Author: John Berry
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2015-05-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1483430545

Playing basketball teaches everything you need to succeed in life, including teamwork, discipline, commitment, dedication, and the value of hard work. The most successful players don't just put the ball in the basket-they apply what they've learned to their own lives so they can be successful on and off the court. John Berry, who has coached for more than twenty years, shares basketball tips infused with life lessons in this guidebook to the game and life. Lessons include: When the coach screams at a player, the player tunes out the words. When the coach whispers, the player strains to hear. If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough. Your teeth should be chattering. Go for it. The sky is the limit. Emulate the janitor-first in, last out, works hard, does the dirty work, no expectation of limelight or praise. This is the ultimate team player. Critics, doubters, pessimists-they're all insignificant. All that matters is what you believe. Believe in yourself

Life Is a Sport

Life Is a Sport
Author: Stephanie Rudnick
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781530708208

The journey of a basketball player is full of incredible highs and frustrating lows--whether you're an athlete, their parent, or their coach. Read the stories in this book to discover how the good, bad, ugly, and amazing experiences on court teach athletes important lessons that help them create enduring success in their lives.

How Lucky You Can be

How Lucky You Can be
Author: Buster Olney
Publisher: Espn Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 034552411X

Relates the story of college basketball coach Don Meyer, who struggled through a car accident that left him an amputee and a bout with cancer, and went on to set a record for all-time wins by an NCAA basketball coach.

How to Be Like Coach Wooden

How to Be Like Coach Wooden
Author: Pat Williams
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2006-03-07
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0757303919

John Wooden is an American icon. Since he announced his retirement thirty years ago, “Coach” remains one of our country's most popular and heroic figures. What John Wooden accomplished as basketball coach at UCLA will never be repeated—eighty-eight victories in a row, ten national championships—but what makes his legacy even more amazing is how he did it: with honor, integrity and grace. In his research for How to Be Like Coach Wooden, Pat Williams recounts well over 800 interviews. The result is an inspiring motivational biography about a great hero of basketball and one of the most amazing leaders in history. How to Be Like Coach Wooden is the next dynamic book in the How to Be Like "character biography" series, which focuses on drawing out important lessons from the lives of great men and women. In this book, readers will learn from Coach Wooden, a beacon of honesty, goodness and faith. Wooden cared about winning in basketball, but he cared more about winning in life.

Kobe

Kobe
Author: Nelson Peña
Publisher: Castle Point Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781250275349

Ida Noe's Kobe Bryant collects the basketball legend's guiding principles...

Thought Economics

Thought Economics
Author: Vikas Shah
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2021-02-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789292670

Including conversations with world leaders, Nobel prizewinners, business leaders, artists and Olympians, Vikas Shah quizzes the minds that matter on the big questions that concern us all.

Life and Basketball: Life Lessons and Basketball Tips

Life and Basketball: Life Lessons and Basketball Tips
Author: John Berry
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2015-05-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1483430561

Playing basketball teaches everything you need to succeed in life, including teamwork, discipline, commitment, dedication, and the value of hard work. The most successful players don't just put the ball in the basket-they apply what they've learned to their own lives so they can be successful on and off the court. John Berry, who has coached for more than twenty years, shares basketball tips infused with life lessons in this guidebook to the game and life. Lessons include: When the coach screams at a player, the player tunes out the words. When the coach whispers, the player strains to hear. If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough. Your teeth should be chattering. Go for it. The sky is the limit. Emulate the janitor-first in, last out, works hard, does the dirty work, no expectation of limelight or praise. This is the ultimate team player. Critics, doubters, pessimists-they're all insignificant. All that matters is what you believe. Believe in yourself

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade
Author: Michelle Hitchcock
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1680200925

Dwyane Wade grew up on the South Side of Chicago where poverty, drugs, and gangs dominated the neighborhood. Thanks to the sacrifice of his sister Tragil, Wade's life too another path when she took him to live with his father. Basketball helped Wade and his father connect. Through the support and advice of Wade's basketball coaches during his youth, he became a better basketball player and a better man. Wade is the first NBA player to win full custody of his children. Wade ranks fatherhood first. The rest of his time is dedicated to his team the Miami Heat and his work with Wade's World Foundation.