Winning with Purpose: Raising Our Game and Lifting Our Teammates, On and Off the Court - Softcover

Satch Sullinger; With John Dauphin; Foreword By Clark Kellogg; Afterword By Jared Sullinger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988996464 ISBN 13: 9780988996465

Publisher: Ascend Books, 2013

Synopsis

Sports is filled with successful coaches, but Satch Sullingers story offers championship-level inspiration to players, parents and coaches who care about values and winning the right way, on and off the court. Winning with Purpose features a foreword by Clark Kellogg, and is endorsed by ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale. Satch Sullingers story expresses the essence of second chances. As a young man, his bad choices led to a world of drugs and crime. Yet he climbed from the depths to build a new life rooted in education and a commitment to helping kids avoid similar pitfalls. Sullinger graduated from Oberlin College and later returned to his alma mater as coach. Winning with Purpose shows coaches how to build in kids the emotional strength critical to success far beyond the next big game. Sullinger utilizes a wealth of leadership experience in offering powerful solutions to ego-influenced impediments to victory. Ultimately, Sullingers message is simple: Get your heart and mind right, and your game will follow. Then, youll be in prime position to rise to your potential and enjoy uncommon team success.

About this title

About the Author:

Satch Sullinger is a longtime coach, teacher and believer in the power of playing with purpose, on and off the court. Sullinger is the 2010 Naismith National High School Basketball Coach of the Year and father of Jared Sullinger, a rookie with the NBAs Boston Celtics and former All-American at Ohio State University, where he led the Buckeyes to the 2012 Final Four. Jared Sullinger won the Naismith National High School Player of the Year award, also in 2010. The Sullingers are the only father and son to be named Naismith National Coach and Player of the Year, respectively. Sullinger was selected to coach in the Adidas Nations Global Championship in Los Angeles in 2012. The tournament features the top high school basketball players from around the world. Sullinger continues to speak at coaches and youth clinics across the country.

John Dauphin has written for The Plain Dealer, The Columbus Dispatch and Hittin' the Note. He has interviewed and written about Bob Knight, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Walter Cronkite, Roy Williams, Roger Clemens and Cameron Crowe. Crowe, the Oscar-winning writer and director of Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, noted Dauphin's 'powerful written voice.' John wrote and directed Winning Lives: The Story of Ted Ginn Sr., a documentary that aired on CBS Sports Network. Winning Lives is the inspirational story of the high school football coach and his efforts to make a positive impact on the turbulent lives of inner-city kids in Cleveland and beyond. John lives in Columbus with his wife and two daughters.

Review:

Winning with Purpose is a winner for players and coaches, parents and kids everywhere! This book is Awesome, baby, with a capital A! --Dick Vitale, ESPN College Basketball Analyst

Winning with Purpose speaks to the undeniable link between our actions and decision-making off the court and our ability to succeed during crunch time on it...to understanding that only through giving the game (life) our fullest respect may we enjoy the best it has to offer. --Bob Hurley Sr., Head Basketball Coach, St. Anthony (NJ) High School

Coach Sullinger's You Play the Game the Way you Live Your Life philosophy has helped me become a better player and person, on and off the court. His message about making the right decisions, putting ego aside and playing for our teammates instead of ourselves helped me understand what winning with purpose is all about. --Trey Burke, Consensus National College Basketball Player of the Year, 2012-13

About this edition

• Publisher: Ascend Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0988996464
• ISBN 13: 9780988996465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256