The Book of Sports Virtues: High Impact Athletes and CoachesPrice World Publishing, 2012 M01 23 The Book of Sports Virtues: High Impact Athletes and Coaches is a masterful collection of stories about the struggles and triumphs of many celebrated athletes. Each chapter is assigned a trait or virtue and uses an athlete's story as a lens through which the reader can gain the insight needed to achieve that trait or virtue. The chapter on appreciation is the story of Lou Gehrig and Jacky Robinson's story is used to exemplify and define nobility. What emerges after reading these stories is not only a greater understanding and appreciation of the virtues that these icons needed to get through life, but also an inspiration for the reader. Each story is followed by a small quotation from literature to amplify the meaning and application of the positive virtue. This book makes for the perfect gift from parents to children or for adult mentors to their students. Its ability to be read one story at a time makes it perfect for the bookshelf or coffee table. |
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... abilities , impressive as those are in individuals who have made it to the top of their games . I was especially interested in their life abilities , the way they dealt with the variety of setbacks and struggles that all human beings ...
... abilities , impressive as those are in individuals who have made it to the top of their games . I was especially interested in their life abilities , the way they dealt with the variety of setbacks and struggles that all human beings ...
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... Brian Piccolo drew closer as players in 1966 . The Bears ' lockers were arranged in numerical order . Sayers and Piccolo prepared for games right next to each other . Confident in his abilities after his injury - plagued rookie season.
... Brian Piccolo drew closer as players in 1966 . The Bears ' lockers were arranged in numerical order . Sayers and Piccolo prepared for games right next to each other . Confident in his abilities after his injury - plagued rookie season.
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High Impact Athletes and Coaches Fritz Knapp. in his abilities after his injury - plagued rookie season , the Bears placed Piccolo as back - up running back to Sayers . Piccolo was perfect in this role , because his encouragement pushed ...
High Impact Athletes and Coaches Fritz Knapp. in his abilities after his injury - plagued rookie season , the Bears placed Piccolo as back - up running back to Sayers . Piccolo was perfect in this role , because his encouragement pushed ...
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... ability to gain big yardage made him the best running back in the city that season, his junior year. Gale's running sufered that season. He had trouble maneuvering his body with the fifty pounds of added muscle he had developed while ...
... ability to gain big yardage made him the best running back in the city that season, his junior year. Gale's running sufered that season. He had trouble maneuvering his body with the fifty pounds of added muscle he had developed while ...
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... ability with the English language , and hesitated to speak out . Roberto Clemente's concern for civil rights led him into a little - known relationship with Martin Luther King Jr. They met in 1964 on a farm Roberto owned in Puerto Rico ...
... ability with the English language , and hesitated to speak out . Roberto Clemente's concern for civil rights led him into a little - known relationship with Martin Luther King Jr. They met in 1964 on a farm Roberto owned in Puerto Rico ...
Contents
Joan Benoit Samuelson and Wilma Rudolph | |
The 1980 Mens and 1998 Womens | |
Albert Happy Chandler | |
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