Turning the Thing Around: Pulling America's Team Out of the Dumps-And Myself Out of the Doghouse [Hardcover]

Jimmy Johnson (Author), Ed Hinton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1993

The candid autobiography of a remarkable coach tells of his workaholic lifestyle, his philosophy on coaching and winning, and how he brought the Dallas Cowboys back to the top for their 1993 Super Bowl victory. 200,000 first printing.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 285 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion Books; 1st edition (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562827251
• ISBN-13: 978-1562827250
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still good 10 years later, September 27, 2004

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Roberto H "Lover of libros" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning the Thing Around: Pulling America's Team Out of the Dumps-And Myself Out of the Doghouse (Hardcover)

I read this book when I was 12 years old and the Cowboys had won their first of 3 Super Bowls in the 90's. I loved it but, then again, I would have loved a bottle of poison if it had a Cowboys star on it.

I picked it up again about a year ago when I was thinking about what made that team (and champion teams in general) tick. The psychological edge those teams enjoyed is probably what made the difference, to which Jimmy Johnson deserves the ultimate credit.

His approach to the mental side of football is evident in this book. For example, instead of telling a kicker "don't miss" before a good field goal, Jimmy will always say "make this." The difference is the seed, either positive or negative, that is planted in that kicker's mind.

But the book goes beyond coaching philosophy to chronicle the interesting, if not a little whacky, life of an extremely sucessful football coach.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy's book is great, May 18, 2000

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Eric Aros (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turning the Thing Around: Pulling America's Team Out of the Dumps-And Myself Out of the Doghouse (Hardcover)

If you are a Jimmy Johnson fan or a fan of good football autobiographies, then check this book out. It starts with Jimmy living in Port Arthur and takes you all the way through to his days with the Cowboys. The best part of the book in my opinion was the behind the scenes of the different colleges he coached at.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Great Book, January 20, 2003

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"johnyqust" (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning the Thing Around: Pulling America's Team Out of the Dumps-And Myself Out of the Doghouse (Hardcover)

Jimmy Johnson's life is a great story, this book tells that story with great detail from Johnson's boyhood in Port Arthur, Texas all the way through his days of restoring glory in Dallas. This book is not just for Cowboy fans, it's for anyone who loves a good book.