
Coach
Lessons on the Game of Life
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Narrated by:
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Michael Lewis
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By:
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Michael Lewis
There was a turning point in Michael Lewis' life, in a baseball game when he was 14 years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand with the game on the line and managed to convey such confident trust in Lewis's ability that the boy had no choice but to live up to it. "I didn't have words for it then, but I do now: I am about to show the world, and myself, what I can do."
The coach's message was not simply about winning but about self-respect, sacrifice, courage, and endurance. In some ways, and now 30 years later, Lewis still finds himself trying to measure up to what Coach Fitz expected of him.
©2005 Michael Lewis (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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powerful story
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Fantastic book
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As Always
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I understand that Lewis greatly benefitted from Fitz’s methods. His audience for the story is wealthy parents, and that’s too small.
For example, what about the kids who face an abusive coach who doesn’t actually know anything about either kids or baseball? Or, in my experience, the coaches who only play the attractive, aggressive jocks, and never teach or attempt to develop the shy, timid players?
I love Michael Lewis, but this one isn’t his best, and I think Fitz probably deserved more.
Too Pat?
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Short, good sentimentality.
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Wonderful - left me wanting more
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Great tribute to an old school coach
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Must reading for today's parent
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A "fun size" Michael Lewis story.
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Every parent should listen to this...
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