All You Can Be Learning & Growing Through Sports

by Howard, Dwight; Denton, John

• ISBN13: 9781600784149
• ISBN10: 1600784143
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

In All You Can Be, NBA star Dwight Howard shares valuable lessons with young fans about how to acquire success. These lessons are not only about the importance of education, but also about working hard to attain goals; lessons about character, integrity, and personal responsibility. Included is artwork from fourth graders that exemplify their own goals, the best of which has been culled here to illustrate the themes of the book.

Author Biography

Dwight Howard is a center for the Orlando Magic. After winning the Naismith, Gatorade, and McDonald's Player of the Year awards in high school, he decided to forego college to realize his lifelong dream of playing in the NBA. Since his rookie season, the five-time NBA All-Star has consistently averaged double-doubles in points and rebounds and has been named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for three straight seasons. John Denton is a staff writer for the University of Central Florida's athletics communications who has won several national writing awards, including three Best of Gannett awards. His Knights Insider stories appear several times per week on UCFAthletics.com and he has worked extensively with ESPN, reporting for First Take and SportsCenter and writing for ESPN.com. He is a former journalist for the Jackson Sun and Florida Today, covering the University of Central Florida, the Orlando Magic, and the NFL.