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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball: 101 Great Hoop Stories from Players, Coaches, and Fans
Basketball fans will love these 101 great hoop stories from players, coaches, and fans.
Go Inside Basketball with Pat Williams and other basketball greats,
Go Inside Basketball with Pat Williams and other basketball greats,
400 pages, Paperback
First published February 10, 2009
About the author
Jack Canfield
1,313 books1,763 followersJack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
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September 3, 2021
A great book to make you appreciate all your blessings. It was a gift from a fan in New Orleans and I appreciate it more than ever now that I read it. It really is a humbling read.
December 4, 2019
Looking for a good book to give to that big sports fan in your house? This is the book. With a 101 short stories that will inspire and entertain, this is a great read. Do you struggle to find a book your teenager will glance at? Does your spouse lack the time to sit and read a full novel? The short stories included in this book are just enough to draw the attention of that teenager and your spouse will enjoy reading a short story every night before bed.
With stories from some of the biggest legends in basketball, this book offers heart and motivation for that favorite player in your life.
If basketball isn’t the sport you are looking for, the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series also has a book on baseball and for the general sports fan.
@fourseasonreader
With stories from some of the biggest legends in basketball, this book offers heart and motivation for that favorite player in your life.
If basketball isn’t the sport you are looking for, the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series also has a book on baseball and for the general sports fan.
@fourseasonreader
July 17, 2012
What an excellent book to see the in's and out's of the court--I have always been a sports fan. I always see what is in the headlines, I read the box scores--but, not very often do I hear about the little things that make life more complete, and also more enduring. I have heard many haunting and tragic stories about professional athletes, but Chicken Soup told me the real stories about our favorite basketball stars, coaches, managers, and so on. Every person in this book was a magician in their own way, they worked miracles -- and those miracles came from the heart--the heart of a true spokesman of the game of basketball and the game of life. They all are no different than you and I, but it is good too read the clips that the author put together--I learned a little about the small events that makes ones life more complete--read this book, grow from the writing, grow from the messages and take the information and challenge yourself to give a little more in life, work, faith and commitment.
October 18, 2013
It was a great book. I love reading this book, because I love playing basketball. This book was very interesting.
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