Winning With Purpose, Raising Our Game and Lifting Our Teammates, On and Off the Court

by Satch Sullinger, John Dauphin (As told by)

Sports is filled with successful coaches, but Satch Sullinger’s story offers championship-level inspiration to players, parents and coaches who care about values and winning the right way, on and off the court. In an ego-soaked era where highlights and sound bites speak to a “me first” societal mentality, Sullinger’s message cuts through the din, to the core of what matters mastering the fundamentals of selflessness that allow us to raise our game, lift our teammates and rise to collective glory. Winning With Raising Our Game and Lifting Our Teammates, On and Off the Court is a motivational must-read, an absorbing exploration of the power that exists in all of us to eliminate excuses, overcome adversity and achieve success in the name of greater team good. In Winning With Purpose, Satch Sullinger serves notice that character-check crunch time is upon us, that lasting victory in life can happen only when we slam-dunk selfishness and commit ourselves to our teammates. Ultimately, Sullinger’s message in Winning With Purpose is Get your heart and mind right, and your game will follow. Then, you’ll be in prime position to rise to your potential and enjoy uncommon team success. Winning With Purpose is a crucial wakeup call to players and parents, as well.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Sam Urwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Winning with Purpose, Raising Our Game and Lifting Our Teammates, On and Off the Court By Satch Sullinger is mainly about Satch Sullinger and his ups and downs in life. It mentions from when he was born to his coaching days and his life long goals he encountered along the way of playing basketball and coaching it. As a young man, Satch was only being raised by one parent and that was his mom. His farther had left the two not wanting to help raise their one and only child. His bad choices led to a world of drugs and crime. However, his college coach heard of his basketball experiences in high school and still had faith in him and was going to give him a second chance. Satch had been taken over by drugs but his coach had given him hope once more to take away the shame and depression over those past months. Satch later went on to coach many basketball teams and even a division two state championship team. Satch Sullinger later went on to coach Trey Burke in high school along with his son Jared and JJ Sullinger. I thought that the book was inspirational and had entertaining parts in the book at the same time. Satch Sullinger mentioned in the book, “The movie has to be something I can relate to. Most of these movies are about getting that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get it done. We try to coach kids to take advantage of those opportunities.”(56). The quote represents the inspiration that was in the book. I would recommend this book to people who have interest in basketball or people who like sports in general. This book is probably for ages 12-23 and is inspiring to help you understand basketball more and understand sports in general better.