What Makes Winners Win Over 100 Athletes, Coaches, and Managers Tell You the Secrets of Success

by JONES, CHARLIE

• ISBN13: 9780767903073
• ISBN10: 0767903072
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-29
• Publisher: Harmony

Summary

All great athletes have an almost superhuman ability to excel under incredible pressure--the 98-yard touchdown drive with no time-outs remaining; the 40-foot eagle putt at the 18th hole. How do they do it?What Makes Winners Winreveals success secrets from over 100 great men and women in sports, including Bruce Jenner, Chris Evert, and Pat Riley, all of whom shared their personal experiences with veteran sportscaster Charlie Jones. Interspersed with eye-opening quotations from winners such as Tiger Woods, Mary Lou Retton, Greg Louganis, and Earvin "Magic" Johnson,What Makes Winners Winbrims with advice on assessing the competition, coping with jitters, confronting life-threatening situations, entering the concentration "zone," and keeping your cool during the unexpected. Complemented by recollections from Jones's remarkable career,What Makes Winners Wintrains us for excellence in every aspect of life.

Author Biography

Charlie Jones has been one of the most versatile broadcasters in sports. He has worked for ABC and NBC, and covered the NFL for almost four decades. He has broadcast 28 different sports in 50 states and 25 foreign countries, including three Olympic Games, the first women's NCAA basketball championship, and golf on the LPGA and PGA tours including the Ryder Cup. The Pro Football Hall of Fame honored him in 1997 with the Pete Rozelle Broadcasting Excellence Award.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Frank Deford
Acknowledgments	xiii
Prologue	3	(6)
The Winners	9	(88)
The Edge	97	(24)
The Zone	121	(52)
Epilogue	173	(4)
Contributors' Roster	177