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The Story Behind the Glory: Winning Quotes from Sports Greats on the Game of Life [Paperback]

Bill Cairo (Author)
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Book Description

April 28, 2008
A different collection of sports quotations, The Story Behind the Glory offers hundreds of memorable quotations and the backgrounds of the men who said them. America's greatest athletes, coaches and writers (Aaron, Ali, Ashe, Berra, Lombardi, Rice, Rickey, Robinson, Trevino, Shero, and Wooden) had much to say not only about sports but the greater game of life. Also included is plenty of sports history and trivia, making for a perfect trifecta of a sports book.

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Connecting the word sport to the word wisdom would defy even the rangiest of imaginations. Until now. In The Story Behind the Glory, Bill Cairo has managed to seamlessly join these two words as though they were always happily married. Cairo nicely weaves a text that not only tells the stories of ten American sports greats, but in the words of those greats provides the inspiring wisdom that created their greatness. You cannot read The Story Behind the Glory without becoming inspired yourself. --William Harper, author of How You Played the Game: The Life of Grantland Rice

About the Author

Bill Cairo is a lifelong fan of great quotations, sports and their histories. In searching for the best sports quotations of all time, he also found great wisdom and inspiration about the greatest game of all--life. He lives in Colorado with his wife and two children.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: Turano Zimmerman Publishing; 1st edition (April 28, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0977760537
  • ISBN-13: 978-0977760534
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,398,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Behind Every Great Sportsman..., June 15, 2008
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This review is from: The Story Behind the Glory: Winning Quotes from Sports Greats on the Game of Life (Paperback)
Behind every great sportsman is a system of values: hard work, self-improvement, service to his community. Those values help drive an athlete (or a coach, or even a sportswriter) to greatness, and the distillation of those values are reflected in a person's outlook, and in his words.

Bill Cairo has assembled the famous quotations from eleven sports greats, athletes who excelled at everything from golf, football, and baseball to coaching, teaching, and jotting purple poetry about the ups and downs of teams and their fortunes on the field of play. But this is not simply a book of quotations; if it were, Cairo coul have written the chapters about Yogi Berra and Mohammed Ali and called it a day. SportsWise also conveys the biographies of the sports figures included on its "Top Ten"-style listing, allowing the reader a fuller understanding of what the book's subtitle calls "The Story Behind the Glory."

Cairo clearly understands the different sporting disciplines he's writing about, but the reader needn't be a pro himself to enjoy SportsWise. In order to be thrilled and moved by this book, all you need to do is turn the pages and read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What are their origins, and what do they really mean?, July 11, 2008
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So many modern proverbs muttered in common speech come from the world of sports. But what are their origins, and what do they really mean? "The Story Behind the Glory: Winning Quotes from Sports Greats on the Game of Life" is a look at the history of various sports greats, their quotes, and how their wisdom is applied to what's really important - life. Doubling as book of wisdom and a book of trivia, sports fanatics of all walks will find something to love, making "The Story Behind the Glory: Winning Quotes from Sports Greats on the Game of Life" highly recommended for community library sports collections.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Rest of the Story, June 24, 2008
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What a great book! Many of the quotes are familiar, but Cairo has given us the background. He included many of my heroes: Lombardi, Grantland Rice, John Wooden, Yogi, Jackie, and Hank.
I will use this book often for my speaking practice.
David DeFord
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