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No coach in National Football League history endured more playoff heartache than Marty Schottenheimer. Despite racking up two hundred regular-season victories (only five coaches in the entire ninety-year history of the NFL ever won more games), Marty never reached the Super Bowl during his coaching career. Martyball tells the story of a man who persevered through an avalanche of misfortune and playoff agony that would have brought most men to their knees. But Marty never lost sight of why he fell in love with coaching in the first place: he wanted to teach and mold men through the game of football.

'One evening, when I was headed for dinner with my British girlfriend Ellen, news of her presence spread like wildfire through the entire squad on tour. A senior national selector, who was on tour with us, spotted us walking in the lobby with our hands linked. It didn't even occur to me that I...

The legendary sportswriter and the Hall of Fame, eleven-time NBA champion coach separate the music from the noise in the stories of the greatest who ever played and their impact on the game Sam Smith and Phil Jackson grew to know and respect each other in the late 1980s, when Smith was a Chicago...

Brought to you by Penguin. One of the greatest football managers of our time tells the story of his illustrious career through his record-breaking seven Champions League wins Carlo Ancelotti has won domestic titles in all of Europe's top five leagues, with teams including AC Milan, Juventus...

The story of one of the most recognisable and successful players in world football. Didier Drogba is renowned for his heading ability, sharp shooting and sheer strength. He has played for his native Ivory Coast and for clubs in France, China and Turkey, but it is as a Chelsea striker that he is best known. His feats with Chelsea, with whom he still plays, have made him a cult hero among supporters.

The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel. As a player, Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson . . . and he was...

'We were all considered mad, Marcelo was thought mad. My grandfather, my father, Maria Eugenia, my sister, were all considered mad and I was as well. The reason was that we took a different path to everybody else.' Rafael Bielsa, Marcelo's brother, Foreign Secretary of Argentina, 2003-05...

'ENTHRALLING' FourFourTwo 'STIRRING' Dublin Herald 'FASCINATING' Red and White Kop 'ASTONISHING' Bleacher Report The Sunday Times Bestseller Twentieth anniversary edition, fully updated with a new foreword from Rafael Benitez When Rafael Benitez was appointed manager of under-achieving Liverpool...

'Excellent' INDEPENDENT 'A clear-eyed biography' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'The extraordinary journey of Australia's most important and successful coach, perfectly captured by a writer who knows the immensity of what Ange has accomplished and stands to achieve' GERARD WHATELEY, SPORTS BROADCASTER 'I love...

Easy to follow and extremely effective, Win will change the way you think about all aspects of your life. From well-known personality and rugby commentator Brent Pope and psychotherapist and mental skills coach Jason Brennan, Win: Proven Strategies for Success in Sports, Life and Mental Health examines the mind-set behind the psychology of winning and how the mental skills applied in sports can be adapted for success in everyday life.

“Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.” —Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax From Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest game in...

From legendary Giants coach Tom Coughlin, an inside look at the unforgettable Super Bowl game that changed NFL history. In A Giant Win, Coach Tom Coughlin reveals the intricacies of football, sharing details only a coach would know. He also details relationships with some of the most iconic...

Ídolo de milhões de corintianos, Tite é um dos melhores treinadores da atualidade. Na opinião de muitos brasileiros, era quem deveria ter assumido o comando da seleção depois do fracasso da Copa do Mundo de 2014. Ele aceitou o convite da CBF, e desde julho de 2016 é o técnico da seleção brasileira de futebol. Neste trabalho, a jornalista Camila Mattoso conta a trajetória e revela detalhes da vida pessoal de Adenor Leonardo Bachi. Tite é o resultado de 84 depoimentos ouvidos pela autora, entre familiares, amigos, jogadores e dirigentes.

Alan Curbishley has spent a lifetime in football both as a fan, player and manager. In his forty years, he has seen the game he loves change beyond all recognition. The money, the media, the celebrity culture, the agents – when Curbishley began his playing career in 1975, no one could have...

Sir Alex Ferguson es uno de los pocos líderes que verdaderamente conoce su materia. En sus treinta y ocho años dentro del mundo del fútbol, Ferguson ganó la impresionante cifra de 49 títulos y fue la pieza angular que convirtió al Manchester United en una de las grandes marcas del mundo entero. "Liderazgo" está estructurado alrededor de las claves estratégicas y de los valores fundamentales de la vida de Ferguson. Incluye temas que se asocian con su estilo de gestión: disciplina, control, trabajo en equipo y motivación.

From ESPN’s correspondent Marty Smith— a book of key leadership principles learned from championship coaches he’s interviewed over the past two decades. Sideline CEO delves into the unique psychology and daily preparation and gameplan execution of some of America’s most respected...

“An important contribution to 21st-century baseball literature. . . Mr. Colletti’s book might be even more groundbreaking [than Moneyball] in some ways: It’s a nearly unprecedented opportunity to see what running a baseball franchise looks like through the eyeballs of an actual general...

What does it take to thrive in one of the most pressurised leadership roles in modern times? What is the real story behind the men in the football hotseat who shape the dreams and ambitions of millions? The First 100 Days: Lessons in Leadership from the Football Bosses is both an entertaining book for football fans and a self-help manual for those embarking on a leadership challenge of their own. 

Von den Besten lernen. Außergewöhnliche Athleten teilen Schlüsselmomente in ihrer Karriere und ermöglichen einen Einblick in die psychologischen Hintergründe, die den kleinen Unterschied zwischen Sieg und Niederlage bedeuten. Lernen Sie mentale Taktiken wie Resilienz, Hartnäckigkeit und die Kraft von Routinen und Selbstreflexion von Top-Athleten wie Formel-1-Champion Max Verstappen, dem ehemaligen Bayern-München- und Nationalstürmer Mario Gómez, Stabhochspringer Mondo Duplantis oder der Ski-Legende Lindsey Vonn.

Motiviert ins Lauftraining: Das Laufbuch für Freizeitsport und Wettkampfvorbereitung. Das richtige Training ist das A und O im Laufsport. Mit gezielten Übungen lässt sich die Ausdauer verbessern und die Laufgeschwindigkeit erhöhen. Doch worauf kommt es beim Lauftraining für 10 Kilometer und Halbmarathon an? Lauftrainer und Ex-Profiläufer Carsten Eich nimmt Sie in diesem Buch mit auf die Tartanbahn.