Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0 | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rick Pitino, Pat Forde
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5363
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 240
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0061626635
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323092
EAN: 9780061626630
ASIN: 0061626635
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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pRick Pitino is a basketball icon: the only coach in college history to lead three different schools to the Final Four, the winner of the 1996 NCAA championship, the owner of a sparkling career record, a bestselling author, and a lock for the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Yet Pitino's journey has not been without life-altering adversity: He's experienced profound personal and professional losses. In 2001, after three losing seasons as coach and president of the Boston Celtics, Pitino resigned, walking away from the $23 million left in his contract. And while recovering from the only breakdown in his extraordinary basketball career, Pitino#8212;who had previously suffered the devastating loss of his infant son, Daniel#8212;endured additional tragedies: His brother-in-law and best friend Billy Minardi, a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, perished in the World Trade Center attacks of 9/11, less than a year after another brother-in-law had been fatally struck by a taxi. Pitino writes, "From that point on, my life changed forever. Nothing will ever be the same."/p pThis realization gave Pitino a new perspective. With it, the innovative leader felt the freedom to act even more dynamically than he ever had in the past. Returning to college basketball, he has rebuilt and revitalized the storied program at Louisville, guiding the Cardinals to a history-making Final Four appearance in 2005 that stamped him the only coach in history to take three schools that far. And in 2008, he rallied an injury-plagued Louisville team from a disappointing start and led it to the Elite Eight, setting the stage for greater success to come./p pThe failures and tragedies he recounts make this book unique. More than just a recitation of what works and why, it's about how to succeed after you've failed; how to pick yourself up after being knocked down; and how to reframe yourself and see the world in a new light. This is a comeback story, a manual for overcoming life's difficulties. Pitino has experienced success as an author with his tremendously popular books iSuccess Is a Choice/i and iLead to Succeed/i, but in iRebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0/i, he's crafted a book that's more deeply personal, more inspiring, more practical, and more powerful than any he's written before./p
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 Forgettable, but Delivers December 2, 2008
Kathy K (Northeast, PA)
I received a review copy of this book, which I requested NOT because I'm a basketball fan. In fact, I had no idea who Rick Pitino even was. Rather, I requested it because of the personal tragedies it hinted at Pitino overcoming and the crossover appeal of his "rules" to the business world. Although it's a book I'll probably forget in short order, it delivered on both those promises and was worth reading.
rick pitinol November 30, 2008
R. W. Rosberg
My son who is an Activities director for a small school district in the State of Washington was very pleased wit this selection.
 THE ART OF THE GAME September 30, 2008
Deidra Cox (Garrett, KY)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Have you ever watched a person go through life and just said to yourself, "That man surely leads a charmed life." If anyone should fit that description, it would be Rick Pitino. br / br /I had came into REBOUND RULES with a few prejudices of my own--I'm an enormous Kentucky Wildcat fan and I consider him "the best coach, if not, the ONLY coach" we ever had. So yes, you could say, I might have had a slight bit of a bias when picking up my copy of REBOUND RULES. br / br /But what a refreshing surprise! Yes, there is basketball aplenty for all us Wildcat, Cardinal and Celtic fans. And Pitino goes far beyond that, taking the players and coaches, breaking down their good and bad points far beyond anything I'd ever expected. br / br /I was also humbled by the way that Pitino shared the tragedies of his life. At times, I felt like a curtain was being pulled back, allowing me to witness firsthand his families pain. This left me with a greater admiration for Rick Pitino, the coach and the man. br / br /There are so many good points I could make about this book, but I will make myself stop and leave you with only one. br /In college, I attended a class for leadership and the textbook was nowhere near the caliber of REBOUND RULES. I think this should be mandantory reading for college freshman to help them develop PHD. And if you don't know what that means, read the book:) br /Just a thought to leave you with. br /
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