by Michael Lewis
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"[Lewis] has such a gift for storytelling."—New York Times
There was a turning point in Michael Lewis's life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand with the game on the line and managed to convey such confident trust in Lewis's ability that the boy had no choice but to live up to it. "I didn't have words for it then, but I do now: I am about to show the world, and myself, what I can do."
The coach's message was not simply about winning, but about self-respect, sacrifice, courage, and endurance. In some ways, and even now, thirty years later, Lewis still finds himself trying to measure up to what Coach Fitz expected of him.
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 Trophy Kids, 2008-11-16
This story is so relevant in today's (American) world where every child is a winner, every child is gifted and every critique must only accentuate the positive. Although we are raising our children to think everyone plays, everyone is good and everyone deserves a trophy are we doing them a disservice? I'd want a bit of Coach Fitz in every coach. Life is not fair.
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 "Coach" in the Highest Sense of the Word, 2008-02-25
For everyone who has ever had a coach, a good one, in athletics, in a career field, or in any area of life...
For everyone who has ever been a coach, in athletics, in a career fielld, in any area of life. For coaches who cared, genuinely cared...
Those who know will understand and this book will bring a tear to their eye and warmth to their heart and soul...
Those who don't understand should be so blessed....
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Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life, 2007-10-20
I bought this book for my husband. It was so very impressed with the story he finished it in a day. He really enjoys Michael Lewis' style of writing and has read several of his books. I would recommend it as a Christmas stuffer for any coaches, parents or baseball fans.
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How Sports Affect Our Youth, 2007-04-10
This short read on the high school athletic student is a must for all parents of athletes. You'll find out how the attitudes of student athletes are changing the face of high school sports.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Every Parent of an athlete should read, 2007-03-15
This is a book that I will have parents read.
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