Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 10628
Media: Paperback
Pages: 96
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 039333113X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9780393331134
ASIN: 039333113X
Publication Date: April 7, 2008
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B"[Lewis] has such a gift for storytelling."#151;INew York Times/I/BBRBRThere 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."BRBRThe 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 November 16, 2008
anne (san francisco)
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.
 "Coach" in the Highest Sense of the Word February 25, 2008
Big D (Auburn, AL. USA)
For everyone who has ever had a coach, a good one, in athletics, in a career field, or in any area of life... br / br /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... br / br /Those who know will understand and this book will bring a tear to their eye and warmth to their heart and soul... br / br /Those who don't understand should be so blessed....
Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life October 20, 2007
L. Vince (Wintersville, OH United States)
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.
How Sports Affect Our Youth April 10, 2007
Marina Kushner (SCR Books)
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.
Every Parent of an athlete should read March 15, 2007
Charita J. Stubbs (Raleigh, NC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a book that I will have parents read.
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