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Every football fan has heard Vince Lombardi's famous adage: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." The same is true of Knute Rockne's exhortation to "Win one for the Gipper." Quotes like these have become part of football's lore. Less well known is Alex Karras's advice on the best way to stop All-Pro running back Jim Brown: "Give each guy on the line an ax." Or Randy Cross's opinion of his fellow players' intelligence: "The NFL, like life,...
782) Tales from the Wisconsin Badgers Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Badgers Stories Ever Told
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This newly revised edition of Tales from the Wisconsin Badgers Sideline weaves together a series of anecdotes, personal recollections, and research to bring readers a taste of the stories that make Badgers football so interesting. There are the Heisman Trophies hard-earned by running backs Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne, the tumult of a 23-game winless streak broken with a victory over archrival Iowa in 1969, the bizarre tale of "Kangaroo Kicker" Pat O'Dea,...
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What creates a championship team? Spirit, determination, and a legacy that refuses to die. Game of My Life Auburn Tigers is a collection of the greatest Tigers moments from past and present as seen through the eyes of the players themselves. In this newly-updated collection, Mark Murphy has brought together passionate Auburn football players to share their fondest experiences and memories. Some of these games involve championships, including the heart...
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A continuing and ongoing drama, LSU football has been marked by a string of improbable victories and sometimes valiant defeats. Game of My Life LSU Tigers is the chronicle of more than thirty-five of the greatest players as they tell the story of the game that meant it all.
This book features the vivid and poignant single-game stories from three dozen of the most remembered Tigers games of the last eight decades. Readers will relive the fingertip...
785) Philadelphia Eagles
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Philadelphia Eagles: Where Have You Gone? takes an informative stroll down memory lane with the Philadelphia Eagles of yesteryear, helping fans who are wondering where the time has gone. Local icons such as Chuck Bednarik, Tom Brookshier, and Ron Jaworski have remained in the spotlight years after their playing days ended. But this book tells fans about what happened to players like Pete Liske, Leroy Keyes, Super Bill Bradley, and other favorites...
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So many works of golfing history focus on the greats: the best players, the most prestigious championships, the hardest courses, and the like. But most avid golfers are average players, relishing in the joy of the sport itself. In Golf's Iron Horse, celebrated golf writer John Sabino chronicles the previously untold story of Ralph Kennedy, a golf amateur whose love of the game set him on par to play more courses than anyone before. A founding member...
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Why are we in a leadership crisis? Up to 85% of mergers and acquisitions destroy value, executives are in jail, economies are shaky and politics isn't providing answers. This new book provides answers. Based on my doctoral research and work with leaders on 5 continents for 25 years, I also draw on my experiences teaching and learning in a Karate Dojo. You will find out why leaders fail and what can be done about it-a blend of Eastern and Western approaches....
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If you're coaching top-level executives, you need to deliver top-level results. Seven international expert coaches share their techniques for deepening your practice and your impact. Take your coaching to a more powerful level as you work down through the depths of the human psyche, where effective sustainable change is achieved.
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With more than 60 million athletes involved in sports in America, it is estimated that one coach will impact more people in one year than the average person does in a lifetime. Today's coach could be one of the greatest authoritative figures in the life of today's adolescent. So the question isn't whether coaches leave a legacy, but rather, what will that legacy be? Current trending research shows that only 15% of coaches are intentional about coaching...
790) Daily Productivity: 21 Life-Changing Meditations on Time Management and the Art of Extraordinary Per
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No matter what line of work you're in, there are only a few tasks that are truly essential to achieving your desired outcomes. Daily Productivity is an attempt to distill the life-changing ideas from the best books on productivity and time management in daily easy-to-read meditations. In this book, the knowledge and wisdom of renowned authors and thought leaders such as Brian Tracy, Stephen Covey, David Allen, Richard Koch, Michael Hyatt, Cal Newport,...
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Struggling? You're in the right place.
In a world that's obsessed with fast hacks, quick wins, and Instagram-perfection (cue "Everything is Awesome") struggle has become a taboo. A sign that something's gone horribly wrong. But what if we've got it all wrong about getting it wrong?
What if struggle isn't a battle to fight, a trap to avoid, or a sign of weakness? What if struggle is precisely where the magic happens - where we do our best, most important...
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A transformational framework to help you redefine success when working harder isn't working.
You're a high achiever on a successful career path—but something's missing. You have what many would consider to be a dream job, but you're feeling burned out and miserable—working from the crack of dawn to midnight every day, drowning in emails and meetings.
You're working hard, but it lacks meaning. You know something must change, but you feel stuck....
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Evaluaciones múltiples es una obra dirigida a un amplio espectro de interesados. Desde una mirada organizacional, a la máxima conducción y a todos sus colaboradores. También a los especialistas en Recursos Humanos que se desempeñan internamente y como consultores externos, y, en el ámbito académico, tanto a profesores como alumnos de diversas áreas de estudio."Las evaluaciones múltiples, entre ellas la más conocida, la evaluación de 360°,...
794) Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Yellow Jacket Stories Ever Told
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In this reissue of Tales from the Georgia Tech Sideline, former quarterback Kim King shares stories from his unique half-century involvement with Yellow Jackets football. As a child growing up in Atlanta, King watched Coach Bobby Dodd's great Tech teams of the 1950s play in historic Grant Field. A highly recruited high school quarterback, King went to Tech and became the star quarterback from 1965-67. "The Young Left-Hander," as late Tech radio announcer...
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Find your passion quickly and easily. What if you could find your true passion with just a few simple exercises? How would your life improve if you knew exactly what fires you up?
In this practical book, you will learn: How to identify your unique way to contribute to the world. What your feelings tell you about your passion (hint: a lot!) Why being jealous can be a very good thing. Powerful questions that will help you uncover your true passion....
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LSU football, a program steeped in tradition, where the fan really does come from the word "fanatic," has a rich history, including 11 SEC championships and three national championships, the most recent of which came in 2003 and 2007. Award-winning sportswriter and Baton Rouge television personality Lee Feinswog captures the Louisiana flavor of why they say, "There's nothing like Saturday night in Tiger Stadium," with a book filled with stories and...
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Ranking the best coaches in NFL history is no easy task. How do we decide which coach had a bigger on-field impact? Or the best tactical skills, both defensively and offensively? Not to mention measuring the strength of what a coach does behind the scenes, how he motivates his players, or how he keeps them from cracking under the pressure. Is the "Hoodie" the greatest coach ever, or just lucky to have Tom Brady? What about Bill Parcells, Vince Lombardi,...
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The Dallas Cowboys were dubbed America's Team nearly forty years ago, and the label has stuck in the minds and hearts of football fans to this day.
Facing America's Team takes you onto the field to see what it was like to take on Bob Lilly, Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, and the other legends who captured five Super Bowl titles while building the legacy of America's Team.
Eighty noted Dallas foes share their stories about...
799) How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread: A Comprehensive, No-Nonsense Guide to Picking NFL Winners
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In this second edition that takes into consideration the perpetually evolving NFL rules, How to Beat the Pro Football Point spread continues to set bettors on a confidence-building path lined with high-priority realities that for decades have flown under the typical football bettor's radar. Smith emphasizes that pure football knowledge must be absorbed and then applied to the world of point spreads. He teaches his readers to look at the game with...
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More than thirty years ago, acclaimed author and Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Rick Telander was drafted out of Northwestern University by a Kansas City Chiefs team filled with future Pro Football Hall of Famers and coached by the legendary Hank Stram. In 2004, Telander found the tattered, spiral-bound journal he kept while in that training camp and, after rereading the entries he kept until being cut from the team, was amazed and moved by the...
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