Inspirational Sports Books
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- Michael Oher - I Beat The Odds- The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational New York Times bestseller.
- Sport Is Life with the Volume Turned Up- In Sport Is Life with the Volume Turned Up, Joan Cronan offers a refreshing and innovative perspective on strengthening performance and achieving success in both the business world and everyday life. During her twenty-eight years as Women’s Athletics Director for the University of Tennessee, Cronan built one of the most prominent and respected women’s athletics programs in the nation, resulting in ten NCAA titles and twenty-four SEC Tournament Championships for the Lady Vols during her tenure. She reveals in her book what happened behind the scenes in constructing a successful, nationally renowned women’s athletics program—and it turns out that game days were only part of the story.
- I Remember Pat Summitt - Pat Head Summitt passed away on June 28, 2016, a little more than four years after she stepped away from a thirty-eight-year run as head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols. Pat was just 64 at the time, having battled Alzheimer s disease for at least five years. Expressions of grief as well as memories and testimonials about Pat were immediate, passionate, and plentiful. It was on a level befitting a head of state. President Barack Obama, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and two-time-Super Bowl-winning quarterback Peyton Manning, a UT alum and longtime Summitt friend, were among those publicly expressing their personalized sympathies.