How to Succeed in the Game of Life – 34 Interviews with the Worlds Greatest Coaches
How to Succeed in the Game of Life 34 Interviews with the Worlds Greatest Coaches
What would Super Bowl Champ Tony Dungy say is the most critical quality for a person to be successful? Would his advice differ from 4 time World Series winner Joe Torre's? What would each say to a young person just starting out in pursuit of their dreams? What is the best advice they were ever given?
Now you can find out! Author Christian Klemash has written How to Succeed in the Game of Life: 34 Interviews with the World's Greatest Coaches. It took the author more than three years of research, persistence, and original interviews, but now he's ready to pass on the best advice you'll ever get. Klemash gives fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn valuable lessons from the most famous, intelligent, and victorious coaches ever.
These coaches teach about character and winning, how to manage pressure at crunch time, and how to bring out your best when it matters most. How to Succeed in the Game of Life shares their insights into sports, life, and the most vital keys to sustain success.
Featuring Exclusive Interviews with:
Red Auerbach, 16-time NBA World Champion
Bobby Bowden, 2-time National Champion
Scotty Bowman, 9-time Stanley Cup Champion
Tony Dungy, Super Bowl Champion
Bill Cowher, Super Bowl Champion
Dan Gable, 15-time NCCA Champion
April Heinrichs, Gold Medal Winning Coach of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
Bela Karolyi, The World's Greatest Gymnastics Coach
Bill Parcells, 2-time Super Bowl Champion
Emanuel Steward, Boxing Trainer of 30 World Champions
Joe Torre, 4-time World Series Champion
Bill Walsh, 3-time Super Bowl Champion
Lenny Wilkens, NBA's All-Time Winningest Coach
John Wooden, 10-time NCAA Champion
And More!
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars A Great Buy for all
After buying a copy of this book for both myself and my father I was thoroughly impressed. The book was both an easy read yet very informative. I gave a copy of the book to my father, who is not one to read a book, and he was so taken back by how interesting he felt the content was. He picked up the book in the morning and had it finished by mid afternoon. He must have called me 15 times to tell me how inspiring he felt it was and how he was amazed at "all the tricks it taught an old dog"…He thought he had heard all there was to hear about inspirational quotes. We were both pleasantly surprised with how well written the book was. Both my dad and I would highly recommend this book with two thumbs up.
5 Stars An outstanding read
A thoroughly enjoyable and motivating read. This is a remarkable collection of exclusive interviews with the best American sports coaches of the last 40 years. The author has packed a voluminous amount of wisdom, inspiration and facts into what amounts to a road map to a good life. "How to Succeed in the Game of Life" is a brilliant compilation of advice that offers inspiration at every turn.
5 Stars Sports Fan Or Not, This Is An Excellent Personal Library Volume To Coach You Through Life
I think everyone, especially parents or pastors or politicians, should have this book in their personal library for research.
I envy author Christian Klemash. I actually thought of writing something similar to this book, in which I would interview various coaches and explore the common ground between being a coach and being a pastor. I would not have produced something as useful as this book. He included three of my five favorite coaches of all time (Tony Dungy, Bela Karolyi, and Mike Scossia, with Paul Westphal and Gerry DiNardo being the exceptions) as well as other honorable mentions (Anne Donavan, Joe Torre, Bobby Bowden).
Klemash is credited as the author, but it is the 34 coaches interviewed that is the substance of the book. Klemash wrote an introduction prefacing the ten questions he asked the coaches from various sports, which also included great coaches like Red Auerbach, John Wooden, Bill Parcells, Tom Osborne, Bill Walsh, and Angelo Dundee. The bulk of the book how each coach answered the questions.
The eleventh chapter is a biography of the coaches. One might question whether that should have been the first chapter instead of the last, but that does not diminish from the great lessons in this book.
While this book is by sports leaders, it is not a sports book. The answers these coaches give transcends the sports arena and reaches to practical everyday life. This would be great for parents to go through with their children (some of the coaches are women, so it is useful for daughters as well as sports-crazed sons). This also has great illustrations for a pastor, politician, or other professional speaker to have access to.
4 Stars Lots of Good Advice–Inspirational
This book went through various questions about succeeding in life and listed all the responses from each coach. It was interesting but somewhat repetitive in that many said basically the same thing. I enjoyed reading this book because it had a lot of good advice from a lot of successful coaches. The advice I remember most is to work harder than anyone else, never quit, always be honest, do your best, failure is opportunity for a comeback, and be passionate about what you do. All of them agreed that making a lot of money does not mean you are successful, but money can be a by-product of being successful. The last chapter included short summaries about each coach. My favorite chapter was the one of their favorite quotes.
I recommend this book to anyone interested in philosophy, or who is looking for some advice or inspiration about success.
Karen Arelttaz Zemek, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry"
5 Stars Very insightful
Game of Life is an insightful book on the thoughts of many of the world's best known coaches. It provides a biography on each of the 34 coaches (which I recommend reading first to gain a better appreciation of the field and achievements of each coach) and asks them a number of questions that can relate to both on the field and life in general. I have gathered a number of relavant quotes that I will use both personally and professionally. A highly recommended read for sporting buffs and managers.
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