Wins, Losses, And Lessons: An Autobiography

Lou Holtz

ISBN 10: 0060840803 / ISBN 13: 9780060840808

Published by William Morrow, New York, 2006

About this Item

Inscribed by author on front free end page in silver pen, "Dave 'Believe' Lou Holz" First edition stated with complete number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight with fine gilt titles to spine, straight boards have a thin band of fading to bottom edges; soil speck to top edge with mild soil spot to fore edge, 2" crease to top corner to one page with modest damp stain to front paste down else text free of marks. Dust jacket ($25.95) has damp staining to mostly inside with mild bumping to spine ends and front cover edges. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wins, Losses, And Lessons: An Autobiography
• Publisher: William Morrow, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060840803
• ISBN 13: 9780060840808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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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.

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.