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Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life
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"There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind;
it's as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever."
There was a turning point in Michael Lewis's life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen 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' 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 even now, thirty years later, Lewis still finds himself trying to measure up to what Coach Fitz expected of him.
it's as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever."
There was a turning point in Michael Lewis's life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen 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' 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 even now, thirty years later, Lewis still finds himself trying to measure up to what Coach Fitz expected of him.
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Reviews for Coach
Rating: 4.709677419354839 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story on Coach Fitz about what makes him so great!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent story and one that every parent with kids playing sports should read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An hour well-spent!!!
This should be sold as the companion piece to "The Coddling of the American Mind".
As usual Michael Lewis's storytelling ability is unparalleled. I teared up thinking about my inspirational mentors from school days, and was saddened by the thought that today's teachers are hobbled by today's parents.
"Learned helplessness" is a growing issue as today's parents pass down their sense of entitlement to their children. Will they be able to cope with the inevitable adversity that life brings?