I Love Being the Enemy [Hardcover]

Reggie Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 13, 1995

A basketball superstar often called the King of the Trash Talkers offers his views on life in the NBA, candidly describing life on the Dream Team, offering his opinions on players and coaches, and much more. 50,000 first printing.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Miller has two claims to fame: for eight years he has been one of the stalwarts on the Indiana Pacers, the perennial bridesmaids in the Eastern Conference championships of the NBA; and he is the brother of Cheryl Miller, generally conceded to be the best female basketball player of all time. He has built a reputation not only as a top player but also as what hoopsters call a trash talker, trying to upset opponents with his on-court commentary. But if the examples of such verbal assaults presented here, with the aid of Los Angeles Times staffer Wojciechowski (Nothing but Net), are a fair sample, America's standup comics need lose no sleep. The book follows the Pacers through the 1994-1995 season game by game, when once again they came close but won no cigar, and is indistinguishable from a dozen other books of the same sort. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Miller, star of basketball's Indiana Pacers, and coauthor Wojciechowski have produced a run-of-the-mill chronology of the 1994-95 National Basketball Association season as seen through Miller's eyes. Miller, who is perhaps best known as the player who got in a "woofing" contest with director Spike Lee during the 1993-94 playoffs, does not come across as the egotistical, loud-mouthed person he often appears to be but instead reveals himself to be a shy young man with a loving, supportive family. More information about Miller's life away from basketball would have made the book more interesting, however. Miller is a keen observer who has a good relationship with his coaches, teammates, and opponents, but his views and comments are a bit on the bland side. In summary, this book has little "hook" to induce readers to pick it up, except, perhaps, in the state of Indiana. A marginal purchase.?William O. Scheeren, Hempfield Area H.S. Lib., Greensburg, Pa.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (November 13, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684813890
• ISBN-13: 978-0684813899
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,332,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have always loved Reggie Miller and this was just amazing!, April 22, 1999

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Joanna Neal ([e-mail]) (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Love Being the Enemy (Hardcover)

I loved reading this book because I love him as a player and I now know what he is like on and off court. Somethings he does I don't approve of, but overall he is an intelligent, bright man. I loved reading about his personal thoughts about winning and losing. It was such a great book I read it 7 times (my book is falling apart). I give this book 5 stars because it was well written and it got personal with Reggie.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From Way Downtown, January 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: I Love Being the Enemy (Paperback)

I particularly liked this sports book because it was a day by day diary of the NBA. You get a real feel for the life. Reggie Miller has lots of amusing anecdotes and opinions. I wish he'd put out a diary of every season or at least do a follow up to this book. I wonder what all he'd have to say about the last few Eastern Conference Finals, Larry Bird, and if he stills like the state of Indiana as much as before (given the fact that someone burnt his house down.)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book rocks!, March 19, 2002

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Steve (Sheboygan,WI,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Love Being the Enemy (Hardcover)

Ive always liked reggie miller and reading this book gave me alot more info about this great Indiana Pacers