Wins, Losses, and Lessons - Softcover

Holtz, Lou

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061232955 ISBN 13: 9780061232954

Publisher: WmMorrow, 2007

Synopsis

When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. For reasons known only to God, I was asked to write an autobiography. Most people who knew me growing up didn't think I would ever read a book, let alone write one.

—Lou Holtz

Few people in the history of college sports have been more influential or had a bigger impact than Lou Holtz. Winner of the three national Coach of the Year honors, the only coach ever to lead six different schools to season-ending bowl games, and the ninth-winningest coach in college football history, Holtz is still teaching and coaching, although he is no longer on the gridiron.

In his most telling work to date, the man still known as "Coach" by all who cross his path reveals what motivated a rail-thin 135-pound kid with marginal academic credentials and a pronounced speech impediment to play and coach college football, and to become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in history. With unflinching honesty and his trademark dry wit, Holtz goes deep, giving us the intimate details of the people who shaped his life and the decisions he would make that shaped the lives of so many others.

His is a storied career, and Holtz provides a frank and inside look at the challenges he overcame to turn around the programs at William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, and Minnesota. From growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, to his early days as a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, to his national championship runs at Notre Dame and his final seasons on the sidelines in South Carolina, Lou Holtz gives his best, a poignant, funny, and instructive look into a life well lived.

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About the Author

After nearly three decades on the sidelines, Lou Holtz retired from coaching and now shares his strategies for success with Fortune 500 companies, groups, and organizations. He is the author of two bestsellers, The Fighting Spirit and Winning Every Day. He lives in Florida.

From AudioFile

Lou Holtz, former college football coach extraordinaire and now a commentator on ESPN, tells his life story. From beginnings that were well below humble in West Virginia, he recalls the poverty and broken family of his youth, his love for the game, his life as a coach, and his deep faith in God. While this may be what many expect from a sports autobiography, Holtz's presentation is striking. Afflicted by a speech impediment for most of his life, he gives a fine reading of his work. One is able to detect the impediment, yet it makes his sincere presentation all the more winsome. His presence comes through in a firm, understated way throughout this fine reading. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: WmMorrow
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061232955
• ISBN 13: 9780061232954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 468