Success Is a Choice by Rick Pitino

Success Is a Choice by Rick Pitino

When Rick Pitino became the coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, he took them from NCA probation to four spectacular Final Four appearances, including the championship in 1996 and an incredible return to the NCA Finals in 1997. Under Pitino's leadership, the Wildcats garnered a 70 percent winning record. Now the head coach of the Boston Celtics, Pitino has clearly become a master at molding great players and great teams. What's his secret to success?

Pitino's method--and the reason he's both a peerless basketball coach and one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the country--is built on a strategy of overachievement. He simply doesn't believe in shortcuts.

Success Is a Choice draws on Pitino's 17 years as a college and professional coach. In a friendly, one-on-one style, using anecdotes from his superstar career to drive home his message, Pitino presents a concrete, 10-point program for achieving success in every aspect of life, including:

How to make winning seem inevitableHow to achieve things that even you don't think are possibleHow to subordinate your own ego and individual agenda for the common goodHow to get people to work as a team
LI>How to thrive on pressureHow to feel better about yourself--and improve the way you relate to others

Pitino's winning techniques appeal to everyone from corporate managers to educators to parents. Based on the same proven methods that have earned him and his teams legendary status, Pitino's plan of attack will help anyone become a winner.

RICK PITINO is the University of Louisville's head basketball coach. He is the only basketball coach to win national titles at two different universities, having won the NCAA Championship with the Louisville Cardinals in 2013 and the Kentucky Wildcats in 1996. On September 8, 2013, he will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Pitino also served as the head coach of Providence College during its historic NCAA tournament run in 1987, as well as the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics in the NBA. ERIC CRAWFORD is an award-winning sports journalist in Louisville, Ky., where he writes and appears on the air for WDRB Television. He has published five business and leadership books, including Rebound Rules, Lead to Succeed, Full-Court Pressure, Born to Coach, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Success is a Decision.

He worked for the Louisville Courier-Journal for twelve years, six of those as a senior sports columnist. The Associated Press Sports Editors and the Society for Professional Journalists have recognized his work, which has appeared in a variety of publications as well as online for ESPN, The Sporting News, and CNN.

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ISBN 13	9780767901321
ISBN 10	0767901320
Title	Success Is a Choice
Author	Rick Pitino
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Year published	1998-03-02
Number of pages	288
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