The Little Things That Matter in the Big Game

The Little Things That Matter in the Big Game
Author: Kathy Boehlert
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2012-10
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 144977122X

What did a high school varsity basketball team and a nine-year-old boy with cancer have to do with each other during the 2010–2011 season? The basketball team encouraged and lifted up the nine-year-old. The nine-year-old encouraged and lifted up the basketball team. This is the story of how a local high school basketball team helped my son, Patrick, through the difficult chemotherapy he was receiving to treat stage three acute lymphoblastic lymphoma. They didn't know anything about Patrick other than that he was a big fan when the season started. As the season went on, all thirteen players began to reach out to Patrick; eventually he became part of the team. Their interactions and support gave Patrick windows of time when he was not a cancer patient. He was a fan and a teammate. Patrick served as an example to the team that there is more to life than basketball. He showed them that life is "The Big Game" and that the little things really do matter. "I think this is a great story, and all young athletes should read this. It reminds us all that there is always somebody watching you and you are making a difference in their life, one way or another." —Dan Harwood, teacher and basketball coach at Magruder High School

The Little Things That Matter in the Big Game

The Little Things That Matter in the Big Game
Author: Kathy Boehlert
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1449771211

What did a high school varsity basketball team and a nine-year-old boy with cancer have to do with each other during the 20102011 season? The basketball team encouraged and lifted up the nine-year-old. The nine-year-old encouraged and lifted up the basketball team. This is the story of how a local high school basketball team helped my son, Patrick, through the difficult chemotherapy he was receiving to treat stage three acute lymphoblastic lymphoma. They didnt know anything about Patrick other than that he was a big fan when the season started. As the season went on, all thirteen players began to reach out to Patrick; eventually he became part of the team. Their interactions and support gave Patrick windows of time when he was not a cancer patient. He was a fan and a teammate. Patrick served as an example to the team that there is more to life than basketball. He showed them that life is The Big Game and that the little things really do matter. I think this is a great story, and all young athletes should read this. It reminds us all that there is always somebody watching you and you are making a difference in their life, one way or another. Dan Harwood, teacher and basketball coach at Magruder High School

Coach Wooden's Greatest Secret

Coach Wooden's Greatest Secret
Author: Pat Williams
Publisher: Revell
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1441212604

At the first practice of each season, legendary coach John Wooden taught his players how to put on their socks and shoes a very particular way. When asked about this, he replied, "The little things matter. All I need is one little wrinkle in one sock to put a blister on one foot--and it could ruin my whole season. I started teaching about shoes and socks early in my career, and I saw that it really did cut down on blisters during the season. That little detail gave us an edge." Coach Wooden knew the long-term impact of little things done well. Now Pat Williams takes Coach Wooden's lesson, along with stories of people whose lives have exemplified the importance of little things done well, and shows readers how the small things one does or doesn't do drastically affect one's integrity, reputation, health, career, faith, and success. People who want to do their best in life, family, work, and faith will benefit from this entertaining and inspirational book.

A Season to Remember

A Season to Remember
Author: Carson Tinker
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433682907

In Tuscaloosa, Alabama the world revolves around one thing: The University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide. But on April 27, 2011 everything changed. An EF4 tornado ripped through the small college town and changed it forever. Carson Tinker, the starting long snapper for the 2011 and 2012 National Champion Crimson Tide, was among those forever changed by the events of April 27. Tinker lost his girlfriend Ashley Harrison to the storm, but not his faith. In the midst of unfathomable destruction, Tinker saw love, companionship, perseverance, and triumph in a community torn apart by a natural disaster. Where everyone else saw tragedy, Carson Tinker saw blessing. Following the storm, the Crimson Tide suited up to face their most challenging season to date. Tinker’s personal story guides readers through what cannot be described any other way than a season to remember.

White Plains

White Plains
Author: David Hicks
Publisher: Conundrum Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2017-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1942280408

Flynn Hawkins is a graduate assistant at a prestigious university, on his way to greatness and wisdom. But in the aftermath of 9/11, Flynn leaves his wife and children, resigns his teaching position and heads west, only to get lost in his guilt and in the mountains of Colorado. When he ends up stuck overnight in a snow drift during a blizzard on the Continental Divide, he realizes he needs to remake himself into the kind of man his children need him to be.With wit and insight, David Hicks turns a compassionate but unblinking eye on what it means to be human—to be lost while putting yourself back together again, to be cowardly while being brave, to fail and fail again on the way to something that might be success.

Life's Lessons from Dad

Life's Lessons from Dad
Author: Patrick F. Flaherty
Publisher: Teckni-Corp., Ltd.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780972417853

This book is a collection of advice and wisdom from a couple of average American dads who shared with their sons their thoughts on family, education, business, religion, and service to their communities. These dads, shaped by events from The Great Depression to World War II, heped create the great American dream - one child at a time.

The Spirit of Golf and How It Applies to Life

The Spirit of Golf and How It Applies to Life
Author: Richard Allen
Publisher: Victory Books
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 052285849X

Collects fifty valuable lessons about golf and life, including anecdotes about perseverance, courage, perspective, patience, self-belief, and not taking the game--or life--too seriously.