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This New York Times bestseller offers “slam-dunk lessons in teamwork and character” from the NBA hall of famer and former US senator (People).
Bill Bradley, whose varied career highlights include a gold-medal win in the Olympics, two world championship victories with the New York Knicks, and three terms as a US senator from New Jersey, writes here about the game that helped form his philosophies for success in basketball and in life.
Each chapter is devoted to a value that is fundamental to Bradley’s vision of a purposeful life: passion, discipline, selflessness, respect, perspective, courage, leadership, responsibility, resilience, and imagination. In each, he illustrates these principles with personal anecdotes and observations, creating a concise philosophical treatise that readers can apply to their own lives.
With an introduction by Bradley’s friend and teammate Phil Jackson, this “love letter to basketball . . . is every bit as prescient, thoughtful, and just plain valuable a work as you’d expect from a man who never approaches any task without a full commitment” (The Boston Globe).
“Bradley hits nothing but net with Values of the Game. Call it The Book of Virtues meets hardwood.” —USA Today
“This may be the single most important present a parent can give a sports-loving child.” —The Dallas Morning News
Bill Bradley, whose varied career highlights include a gold-medal win in the Olympics, two world championship victories with the New York Knicks, and three terms as a US senator from New Jersey, writes here about the game that helped form his philosophies for success in basketball and in life.
Each chapter is devoted to a value that is fundamental to Bradley’s vision of a purposeful life: passion, discipline, selflessness, respect, perspective, courage, leadership, responsibility, resilience, and imagination. In each, he illustrates these principles with personal anecdotes and observations, creating a concise philosophical treatise that readers can apply to their own lives.
With an introduction by Bradley’s friend and teammate Phil Jackson, this “love letter to basketball . . . is every bit as prescient, thoughtful, and just plain valuable a work as you’d expect from a man who never approaches any task without a full commitment” (The Boston Globe).
“Bradley hits nothing but net with Values of the Game. Call it The Book of Virtues meets hardwood.” —USA Today
“This may be the single most important present a parent can give a sports-loving child.” —The Dallas Morning News
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Bradley went on after his pro basketball career to serve as a United States Senator between 1982 and 1998. Senator Bradley hosts the radio program American Voices which, appears on Sirius Satellite Radio--a program that highlights the accomplishments of Americans, both famous and not so famous. In 1982, Bradley was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2000, Bradley was a Democratic nominee for President of the United States of America.
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