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Troy Horne here. Your mental-toughness guide! I am here to help parents understand how to help your young athlete navigate this mental-toughness journey. I know where you are, and I know how to help you help your young athlete find their mental toughness....
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Go Up for Glory
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Kevin Garnett was one of the most dominant players the game of basketball has ever seen. He was also one of its most outspoken. Over the course of his 21-year NBA career, he elevated trash talk to an art form and never shied away from sharing his thoughts on controversial subjects....
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K G is one of the great.
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The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
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The Last Enforcer
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If you ask a New York Knicks fan about Charles Oakley, you better prepare to hear the love and a favorite story or two. But his individual stats weren’t remarkable, and while he helped power the Knicks to 10 consecutive playoffs, he never won a championship....
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Story about a guy who played with famous people
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Coach Wooden and Me
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In 1965, 18-year old Lew Alcindor played basketball for Coach John Wooden at UCLA. It was the beginning of what was to become a 50-year long relationship....
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A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE
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Shaq Uncut
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From growing up in difficult circumstances and getting cut from his high-school basketball team to his larger-than-life basketball career, Shaq lays it all out in Shaq Uncut....
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ENJOYED IT FROM BEGINNING TO END
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Red and Me
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Red and Me is an extraordinary book: an homage to a peerless coach, showing how he produced results unlike any other....
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An awesome story of Very respectable people
- By Ben Miller on 05-20-22
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Unguarded
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This unflinching memoir from two-time Olympic gold medalist and NBA Hall of Famer reveals how Scottie Pippen overcame two family tragedies and universal disregard by college scouts to become an essential component of the greatest basketball dynasty of the last 50 years....
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Unfortunate
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By: Scottie Pippen, and others
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Russell Rules
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- Narrated by: Rif Hutton
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Russell Rules offers inspiring lessons on commitment, personal integrity, team ego, and craftsmanship that are as relevant to the entrepreneur or parent as they are to the athlete....
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best book I've read in a long time
- By Amazon Customer on 02-08-17
By: Bill Russell, and others
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Players First
- Coaching from the Inside Out
- By: John Calipari, Michael Sokolove
- Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery
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In Players First, John Calipari relates for the first time anywhere his experiences over his first four years coaching the Kentucky Wildcats....
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IU alum and fan...now loves Calipari
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Jump
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- By: Larry Miller, Laila Lacy
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
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One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike’s Jordan Brand from a $200 million sneaker company to a $4 billion global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business....
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Love love this book!
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Coach K
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Three-time New York Times best-selling author Ian O’Connor takes you behind the Blue Devil curtain with the definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coach, Mike Krzyzewski....
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Jon “Shayer”?
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Three Ring Circus
- Kobe, Shaq, Phil and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
- By: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combined - and collided - to help bring the Lakers three straight championships and restore the franchise as a powerhouse....
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When "Curly" Becomes Carmelo Anthony
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When the Game Was Ours
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A compelling, up close and personal portrait of basketball's most inimitable duo and a rollicking ride through professional basketball's best times....
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Great story; stilted delivery
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Toughness
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The popular ESPN basketball analyst and former Duke player looks at the true meaning of toughness. If anyone knows tough, it’s Jay Bilas....
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Very good lessons in toughness
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Giannis
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Discover the story of one of the most transcendent players in NBA history—from his early life living in poverty in Greece to his inspiring rise to super-stardom in America....
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Plural Language
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Wish It Lasted Forever
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From award-winning Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, an “entertaining” and nostalgia-filled retelling of the 1980s Boston Celtics’ glory years, which featured the sublime play of NBA legend Larry Bird....
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A Must-Listen for Any NBA Fan of the 80’s
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The Sixth Man
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The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors....
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Lost its legs in the 4th
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King of the Court
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Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first Black superstar....
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Portrait of a Basketball Revolutionary
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Tales from the Hardwood Surviving and Thriving
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Are you looking for the perfect blend of leadership, sports, and storytelling? Tales from the Hardwood is the book for you. Andrew Marotta does a masterful job of blending these three passions through 20 years of experience in all three areas. During his time as a Division 1 men’s college basketball official, Andrew learned a great deal about life and leadership through many ups and downs along the way.Â
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Grant Hill always had game. His choice of college was a subject of national interest, and his arrival at Duke University cemented the program’s arrival at the top. In his freshman year, he led the team to its first NCAA championship and would eventually make three championship appearances in four years. His Duke career produced some of the most iconic moments in college basketball history, and Coach K proved to be a lifelong mentor. Â
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Michael Jordan: Life Lessons from His Airness
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Michael Jordan defied gravity, transcended the world’s expectations, and exceeded the limits of age, soaring to fame as the world’s greatest basketball player of all time. While his talent was breathtaking to behold—those flying dunks and record-breaking sixty-point games have inspired generations—the unseen forces behind his success are the kind we can all harness for our own. M. J. and his accomplishments were founded on discipline, hard work, and knowing how to channel the deep competitive drive within.
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From the introduction of the game of basketball to Black communities on a wide scale in 1904 to the racial integration of the NBA in 1950, dozens of African American teams were founded and flourished. This period, known as the Black Fives Era (teams But this period is almost entirely unknown to basketball fans. Claude Johnson has made it his mission to change that. The Black Fives is the result of his work, a landmark narrative history that braids together the stories of these forgotten pioneers and rewrites our understanding of the story of basketball.Â
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Tales from the Hardwood Surviving and Thriving
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Michael Jordan defied gravity, transcended the world’s expectations, and exceeded the limits of age, soaring to fame as the world’s greatest basketball player of all time. While his talent was breathtaking to behold—those flying dunks and record-breaking sixty-point games have inspired generations—the unseen forces behind his success are the kind we can all harness for our own. M. J. and his accomplishments were founded on discipline, hard work, and knowing how to channel the deep competitive drive within.
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