Jack Canfield - Chicken Soup for the Sports Fans Soul: Stories of Insight, Inspiration and Laughter from the World of Sports

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Chicken Soup for the Sports Fans Soul...

In my line of work Im around world-class athletes all the time. Chicken Soup for the Sports Fans Soul celebrates the athlete in all of us!

Robin Roberts
ESPN/ABC sports anchor

This book touches the heart, soul and funny bone. It puts sports in the right perspective. Everyone should read it. Sports fans will love it.

Ron Barr
host, Sports Byline USA

A great gift idea for all fun-loving armchair quarterbacks like me.

Dan Dierdorf
analyst, CBS Sports

This book establishes the most important theme among all sport: a passion for self-improvement and the power to surprise yourself.

Juwan Howard
forward, Washington Wizards and
NBAs national spokesman for Reading Is Fundamental

This book, Chicken Soup for the Sports Fans Soul, takes you back to an earlier time, an honest time when sports were played by those with hearts for their game.

Gordon Forbes
pro football editor, USA Today

Sports can be more than fun. They can teach us how to adapt to changeright in the middle of the gameand win! For every sports fan, parent and coach.

Spencer Johnson, M.D.
author, Who Moved My Cheese?

After being a part of the professional sports community for over thirty years, it is exciting to read stories that inspire and motivate, as well as provide fun. These stories present a unique look at the games and the people of the sports world. WONDERFUL READING!!

Ed T. Rush
director of officiating, National Basketball Association

Chicken Soup for the Sports Fans Soul touches upon what is at the heart of competitionperseverance, teamwork, dedication and a lot of fun.

Roger Staubach
chairman and CEO, The Staubach Company

Sometimes when Im happy, I cry. This book made me very happy.

Jack Buck
Baseball Hall of Fame sportscaster

This book allows us to listen to a wonderful sound. It is the beat of the true heart of sport. You can hear it in the words of love and soul and respect that seldom find their ways to the sports pages.

Will McDonough
columnist, Boston Globe

Here is a sumptuous buffet of stories, revealing some surprising aspects of the sporting scene and offering a better understanding of why players in all competitive activities must keep their cool. This reminds us as parents and fans to do the same, never allowing highly charged emotion to override good judgment. (There are better ways to get your name in the paper.) A most enjoyable reading experience.

Hank Ketcham
creator of Dennis the Menace

Sports has a unique capacity to make us feel better about ourselves. This book tells us why!

Barry Mano
president, National Association of Sports Officials

A great gift idea for all fun-loving, referee-ridiculing, umpire-baiting armchair experts!

Gil Stratton
CBS Sports

These stories show why sports in school is important. It gives a way to connect and help our family life. Academics, arts and athleticsall part of a three-legged stool. Its all about life. Terrific.

Gene Upshaw
executive director, NFL Players Association

Wonderful stories about dedication and persistence. I was inspired to go to the next level.

Les Brown
motivational speaker

Refreshing. Informative. Many stories share an inside look into the world of sports, a view usually seen only by the people who live as professionals in that atmosphere.

Art McNally
former NFL supervisor of officials

Sometimes its easy for fans to forget that those larger-than-life warriors, often just images on a television screen, are real people, full of conflicting emotions, passions and fears. These stories show the whole range of human experience, from thrilling victories to gut-wrenching sorrow, but best of all, hope and inspiration is a common thread in each fascinating story.

Joe Starkey
play-by-play broadcaster, San Francisco 49ers

For the all-star in all of us. Get it. Youll be happy you did.

Chris Schenkel
Hall of Fame sportscaster

It takes only a minute to see how these sports stories nourish your heart, tickle your funny bone and encourage your soul. What a wonderful way to highlight the positive side of sports.

Ken Blanchard
coauthor, The One Minute Manager

CHICKEN SOUP
FOR THE SPORTS
FANS SOUL

Stories of Insight,
Inspiration and Laughter
from the World of Sports

Jack Canfield
Mark Victor Hansen
Mark & Chrissy Donnelly
Jim Tunney

Backlist, LLC, a unit of

Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC

Cos Cob, CT

www.chickensoup.com

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copyright 2012 Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC

ISBN: 978-1-4532-7994-6 (ePub)

Cover design by Andrea C. Uva
Interior design by Lawna Patterson Oldfield

Contents

Andy Strasberg

Bob Greene

Steve Young

Roy Firestone

Carole Yamaguchi as told to Anita Gogno

William G. Tapply

William Wilczewski

Barney Cohen

David Wallechinsky

Brian Holloway

Zoe Koplowitz with Mike Celizic

David Meanor

Grady Jim Robinson

Sharon Jaynes

Mark Bowden

Ed Marion

Ricky C. Hunley

Dave Kindred

Jeff Kidd

Donald Honig

Sharon Landeen

Craig Neff

Walter W. Laos, D.D.S.

Gene Doherty

Jim Nantz

Jim Tunney