The Bob Love Story: If It's Gonna Be, It's Up to Me

by Bob Love; Mel Watkins

• ISBN13: 9780809225972
• ISBN10: 0809225972
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Contemporary Books Inc

Summary

Chicago Bulls legend Bob Love was a great basketball player, but his story goes well beyond the court. It's story about the rise and fall of a man who became a dishwasher after an injury cut short his playing career. It's a story about a man pulling himself out of obscurity and getting back into the game as director of community relations for the Bulls. Love also tells how he conquered his stuttering problem and now gives motivational speeches to more than a quarter-million teenagers and adults every year. His story is not only inspiring to young athletes, but to any person who is facing adversity.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Michael Jordan
Preface	vii
Stedman Graham
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Beginnings on the Bayou	1	(10)
Early Childhood Memories	11	(14)
Anxious Adolescence	25	(12)
High School Hoop Dreams	37	(20)
Southern Comfort	57	(14)
Breaking into the NBA	71	(12)
Rookie Year with the Royals	83	(10)
Junior Journeyman	93	(12)
A Run with the Bulls	105	(10)
My Final Year in the NBA	115	(10)
Life After Basketball	125	(10)
No Faith in My Future	135	(10)
You Got to Do It Yourself	145	(12)
Moving Up	157	(12)
An Effective Communicator	169	(12)
Sweet Home Chicago	181	(14)
Dreams Come True	195	(8)
Index	203