Quotable Athlete Words of Wisdom from Mark McGwire, Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Bonnie Blair

Name: Quotable Athlete Words of Wisdom from Mark McGwire, Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Bonnie Blair
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ISBN: 9780071360623

ISBN-10: 007136062X

ISBN-13: 9780071360623

Edition: 2000

Authors: Michael H. McGovern

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In this compendium of some 1,000 selected quotes, great athletes and coaches describe what it feels like to be what they are and how they feel when they win or lose. Some of the quotes are funny, some are sad and some are quite bone-headed.

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 191
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Accomplishment	p. 1
Adversity	p. 1
Advice	p. 4
Age, Aging, and Longevity	p. 6
Alcohol and Alcoholism	p. 8
Anger	p. 9
Apologies	p. 9
Athletes	p. 10
Attitude	p. 10
Baseball	p. 12
Basketball	p. 14
Believing	p. 15
Berra-isms	p. 15
Betting	p. 17
Boxing	p. 17
Bravery	p. 18
Business	p. 18
Careers	p. 20
Character	p. 21
Challenge	p. 22
Cheating	p. 22
Cheerleaders	p. 23
Clothing	p. 24
Coaching	p. 25
Commitment	p. 28
Common Sense	p. 29
Communication	p. 29
Competition	p. 30
Concentration	p. 30
Confidence	p. 32
Consequences	p. 34
Controversy	p. 34
Courage	p. 34
Cultural Differences	p. 35
Danger	p. 36
Death	p. 37
Decisions	p. 39
Diet	p. 39
Desire	p. 40
Disgust	p. 41
Diversity	p. 41
Dreams	p. 42
Drugs	p. 44
Education	p. 44
Ego	p. 45
Encouragement	p. 46
Enthusiasm	p. 47
Equal Rights	p. 47
Excuses	p. 48
Expectations	p. 49
Experience and Experiences	p. 50
The Extra Mile	p. 52
Failure	p. 52
Fairness	p. 54
Fame	p. 54
Fans	p. 55
Fear	p. 58
Food and Eating	p. 60
Football	p. 62
Friends and Friendship	p. 64
Fun	p. 64
Gambling	p. 66
Giving Back	p. 67
Glory	p. 68
Goals and Objectives	p. 68
God and Religion	p. 70
Golf	p. 72
Greed	p. 74
Happiness	p. 75
Heroes	p. 76
Hockey	p. 77
Home Runs	p. 78
Human Spirit	p. 78
Humility--and Lack of Same	p. 79
Humor	p. 81
Image	p. 82
Improvement	p. 82
Injury	p. 83
Inspiration	p. 84
Jet Lag	p. 85
Kids	p. 85
Labels	p. 86
Law and Order	p. 87
Leadership	p. 88
Learning	p. 89
Life	p. 91
Lifestyles	p. 91
Losing	p. 91
Loyalty	p. 93
Managing and Managers	p. 94
Marriage	p. 96
The Media	p. 98
The Meaning of Life	p. 100
Memories	p. 100
Mental Aptitude	p. 101
The Mind	p. 103
Misfortune	p. 103
Mistakes	p. 104
Money	p. 106
Motivation	p. 111
Music	p. 113
Obstacles	p. 113
Opposition	p. 114
Optimism	p. 114
Parenthood and Family	p. 115
Patriotism	p. 117
People	p. 117
Perseverance	p. 118
Perspective	p. 119
Pessimism	p. 121
Practice	p. 122
Pressure	p. 123
Pride	p. 124
Publicity	p. 125
Quitting	p. 128
Racism	p. 129
Reading	p. 132
Reality	p. 133
Relationships	p. 133
Respect	p. 135
Retirement	p. 135
Rewards	p. 138
Risk	p. 138
Rules	p. 138
Rumors	p. 140
Running	p. 140
Sacrifice	p. 142
Sailing and Sailors	p. 142
Scholarship	p. 143
Self-Confidence	p. 144
Self-Improvement	p. 145
Sex 145
Sickness and Health	p. 146
Size and Physical Appearance	p. 149
Skiing	p. 152
Snowboarding	p. 153
Spirituality	p. 153
Sportsmanship	p. 154
Sports	p. 155
Statistics	p. 155
Strategy	p. 155
Strength	p. 157
Success	p. 158
Support	p. 160
Swearing	p. 161
Talent--and Lack of Same	p. 162
Teammates	p. 163
Teamwork	p. 163
Technique	p. 165
Tenacity	p. 166
Thanks	p. 166
Thinking	p. 167
Training	p. 168
Tragedy	p. 170
Trash Talk	p. 171
Truth and Lies	p. 171
Umpires	p. 172
Violence	p. 174
Weather	p. 175
Winning and Winners	p. 177
Wisdom	p. 180
Women and Sports	p. 180
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