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In this New York Times bestseller, legendary coach Bobby Bowden gives readers an inside look at the path that led him to become one of college football’s most successful coaches. Coach Bobby Bowden was an icon of college football who ran his legendary, top-ranking program with a trademark southern charm. Here, Bowden gives fans and readers the behind-the-scenes story of his 55-year career and the path that helped him become one of college football's most successful coaches and patriarch of the sport's most famous coaching family. In this book, Bowden shares never-before-published details of the moments and events that have defined his life, including: * The tragic death of his grandson and son-in-law in a 2004 automobile accident. * The details of his retirement as FSU's coach at the end of the 2009 season.
Bobby Bowden, the legendary Head Football Coach at Florida State continues to inspire athletes and fans. Books have been written about Bowden for the last 10 years examining this coaching legend, but never has he been examined under the microscope of leadership. Leadership expert Pat Williams has teamed up with Florida State Associate Athletics Director Rob Wilson to bring to light what made Coach Bowden so successful and how you can incorporate his leadership principles into your own life. Williams and Wilson have interviewed over 250 former players, coaches, and members of the media that knew Bowden well. The book uncovers never before revealed leadership insights from Bowden's leadership ...
Bobby Bowden is a coaching treasure and legend. Across six decades at Howard College, West Virginia University, and Florida State University, Coach Bowden has won a total of 332 games and touched the lives of all those around him. With style and grace he has accumulated his victories, which during one stretch resulted in the unfathomable accomplishment of at least 10 wins a season for 15 consecutive years. Inside the pages of this book, readers will discover how Bowden won and what players he used to secure each of his coaching victories. From his first unnoticed conquest in 1959 through the last triumph attended by tens of thousands and covered by a media throng, this is the account of how he did it, win by win.
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The football coach presents a collection of anecdotes describing memorable players, games, and experiences coaching the Florida Seminoles.
Concise, inexpensive, and accessible, CLASSIC READINGS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Third Edition, provides an excellent introduction to the field of anthropology and the contributions it makes to understanding the world around us.
As the all-time winningest coach in Division I football history, four generations of fans have heard Bowden's message and witnessed his results. He built a successful career, climbed to the top of his field, and has a loving family. It's what we all want. He has a message for us all: the success, the wins ... none of it matters if our lives are not rooted in faith. God trumps our best hand. Let him tell you why faith and happiness are inseparable.
"The true story that inspired the movie"--Cover.
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An inspirational look at a diverse group of popular American sports figures and how they found success in sports and life. Young athletes all dream of what they might become. They might see themselves as a soccer player racing through defenses at the World Cup, as a hockey player scoring the winning goal in the Stanley Cup Final, or as a figure skater in the Winter Olympics. But to get there takes hard work, dedication, and passion. In The Reason We Play: American Sports Figures and What Inspires Them, Marc Bona profiles some of the nation’s top athletes and sports personalities from the past several decades to reveal what it takes to make it in the world of professional sports. Along with...