Life Is Yours to Win: Lessons Forged from the Purpose, Passion, and Magic of Baseball

A successful college baseball coach recounts his transition from a fear-based life to a rewarding career of passionate motivation, outlining the lessons he has learned about opportunity, courage, and failure.

FROM THE WINNINGEST COACH IN NCAA DIVISION I HISTORY, A GUIDE TO PRACTICING PERFECT AND PLAYING FOR FUN

While the statistics speak for themselves, Augie Garrido, the legendary baseball coach, is far from a win-at-all-costs leader. Rather, he focuses on building men of quality, teaching that lessons learned on the diamond can be applied to any facet of life. Life Is Yours to Win offers a refreshing approach to seizing life's opportunities and understanding that trophies are not the true goal. Garrido's advice includes:

" BE A PLAYER, NOT A PROSPECTGarrido once used a game of catch with his Labrador retriever to show a team playing without heart the character it takes to be fully engaged as a ballplayer.

" STEP UP, SUPERMANGarrido stages a costumed Superhero Scrimmage each Halloween to remind his players that their inner superhero is just waiting to be realized.

" THE FEARLESS FIELDMaster fear and other emotions so that they don't paralyze you. Renting a hearse and placing a casket on the pitcher's mound helped a slumping Cal State team bury their fears and put past losses behind them.

" BUDDHA AT BATSmall ball is not glorified like the home run, but the bunt does advance the runners and puts runs on the board. Small successes add up to big victories on and off the field.

Garrido's coaching methods are often unconventional, but as seen in Life Is Yours to Win, his creativity and wry humor always lead to unforgettable lessons.

The NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year whose leadership inspired Richard Linklater's Inning By Inning recounts how he transitioned from a fear-based life to a rewarding career of passionate motivation, outlining his "thinking man's" management style and the lessons he has learned about opportunity, courage and failure. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

General

ISBN		9781439186947
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Touchstone Books
Pages		256
List Price		$15.00
Author		Garrido, Augie
Publication Date		04/03/2012
Release Status		Forthcoming
Format		Paperback
Language		English
Introduction		Costner, Kevin
Contributions		Smith, Wes