Making Your Own Luck

From a Skid Row Bar to Rebuilding Indiana University Athletics

By: Fred Glass, Mark Cuban - foreword

Narrated by: Jim Seybert

In Making Your Own Luck, former Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass recounts how even a self-described "knucklehead" learned to be prepared to recognize and seize opportunities and thus make his own luck through life.

Growing up in a skid row bar, having an alcoholic father, struggling with anxiety and self-doubt, and making his share of stupid mistakes, Glass had much to contend with in early life. However, supported by socially enlightened parents, a Jesuit education, and his soulmate, Barbara, his odyssey has led him to serve a mayor, a governor, a senator, and even a president.

With great humor and insightful reflection, Glass details how he helped keep the Colts in Indianapolis-he spearheaded a massive convention center expansion and the building of Lucas Oil Stadium and even helped to attract the Super Bowl to his hometown. In the latest stage of his journey, Glass led the rebuilding of the athletic program of his beloved alma mater, Indiana University.

Featuring a foreword from IU alumnus and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, Making Your Own Luck is a must-listen not only for Indiana sports fans, but for anyone that recognizes the importance of preparation, opportunity, and action in creating your own success.

©2021 Fred Glass (P)2021 Tantor

Great life lessons for someone starting out

Fred Glasses book shows how someone starting out in difficult situations can persevere and do what he wants if they want it bad enough. follow your passion and live the life you wanted, the right way.