Hang in There Like Hair in a Biscuit - Softcover

Bradford, Brad

9781600136023: Hang in There Like Hair in a Biscuit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1600136028 ISBN 13: 9781600136023

Publisher: Insight Pub Co, 2011

10 Brief Outtakes From The Book: 1. Our defensive tackle was so poor, he had to go to Kentucky Fried Chicken to lick other people's fingers.2. Bill Curry never noticed the mistletoe hanging from the back fringe of my coat as I left his office after he fired me.3. I had our defense more confused than a baby in a topless bar.4. When the Dad asked me why his son wasn't in the starting lineup, I asked him: "Which part of 'He can't play dead in a cowboy movie' do you not understand"? 5. I asked the recruit who had made 4 on the ACT test: "Do you have an ID?" He replied; "About what?" I knew there was no chance we were gonna lose this one to Harvard.6. Holding what's left of your right eyeball in your hand would constitute an emergency in most families. Not to Daddy. We had to drive 6 miles back home from the dairy barn to put the milk up first before going to the hospital.7. Emotion goes out the window on the opening kickoff when a player gets blindsided with a "slobber-knocker" that knocks snot bubbles out of his nose the size of golf balls.8. Children have not changed. Parents have changed. Kids still want three things from us; our love, our time and our discipline.9. Wayne and Ricky got caught throwing rotten eggs on Halloween. Wayne started running from our police chief. Ricky was so slow, if he raced a pregnant woman he would finish third.10. To me, there is NOT enough emphasis put on winning. If I am about to go under the knife for open heart surgery, I want to be assured that the cardiologist cutting on me hates to lose.A portion of the book proceeds goes to breast cancer research.

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About the Author:

: “HANG IN THERE LIKE HAIR IN A BISCUIT” is the first book written by Brad Bradford. Growing up in the red clay of north Alabama during the sixties, he began getting his education in the game of life at an early age. He was able to overcome adversity and a serious eye injury and turn it into an unbelievable inspirational story. Brad actually sold chicken stew door to door out of the trunk of his 1959 Edsel to help pay for his college education. Following graduation from the University of Alabama, he began his journey through the coaching ranks. His leadership as a head football coach at age twenty-eight was phenomenal. He led his high school team to nineteen wins in two years in spite of having only twenty-one players on the team. His dream job at the University of Alabama soon followed. Coach Bradford was selected as the director of Bryant Hall Athletic Dorm and later served as the football recruiting coordinator at his alma mater. When Alabama's head coach took a job in the NFL, Brad was married with two boys less than three years of age and out of a job. Never one to give up on his dreams and goals, he joined the University of Louisville football staff as a graduate assistant coach MAKING TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS A MONTH. In less than six months, he became a full time assistant, coach for the running backs and served as the recruiting coordinator. He was named by the media as one of the “Best Recruiters in the Nation.” Once, seven of the eleven starters on the offensive team were recruited and signed by Brad Bradford. Shortly after the 1994 season, history repeated itself. The head football coach took another job and again, Brad was without a job. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he decided to take on a new challenge and opportunity. A financial planning firm in Alabama selected him as the executive director where he grew the company from 1.5 million dollars in volume to over 70 million in less than seven years. He is now president of his own company, Bradford Consulting Group. In addition to his popularity as a professional speaker, he is an accomplished bluegrass musician. Brad currently resides in Destin, Florida.

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