Description
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's 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, years later, Lewis still finds himself trying to measure up to what Coach Fitz expected of him.
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.70w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9780393331134
ISBN10: 039333113X
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Coaching | Baseball
- Sports & Recreation | Essays
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | Essays & Writings