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9781250057778 English 1250057779 A memoir about overcoming loss and keeping faith by the innovative head coach of the top ranked Baylor Bears college football team.Growing up in Rule, Texas, Art Briles learned at a young age the importance of hard work and faith from his parents. Soon that faith would be tested. On their way to see him play in a college football game, Briles' parents and aunt died in a car crash. This event shaped Briles into the man he is today. His father, Dennis, left him with a series of lessons. He taught his son that the world doesn't just hand you things, you have to earn them. And he taught him the influence that faith could have in his life.Briles put these lessons to work as a football coach, where he established his reputation for turning struggling teams into winners, from high school to the staff at Texas Tech to head coach at the University of Houston. Hired to coach Baylor in 2007, he was faced with a familiar task. Within three years, Briles led the Bears to their first bowl game in 15 years.Today, he instills those same lessons into his young players, helping them find a reason to excel. There are plenty of excuses for failure but Briles surrounds himself with people who are fearless when it comes to chasing success. That is one of the many lessons he imparts to his readers, with chapters that include:* God and the Teaching of Dennis Briles* Finding Your Passion* You Can Change Attitude, Not Talent* Passing in the Land of Earl Campbell* Everybody is a CaptainFilled with dramatic football stories and lessons learned, this book will inspire and entertain., Coaching at Texas Tech] was a chance for me to try a new challenge. As I said before, I'm pretty much fearless about failure. I figured that if I went to the college ranks and it didn't work. I knew I could go back to get a good high school job somewhere. So I wasn't really worried about job security. and as I look around at people in business, I think that's important if you're going to be successful. You have to be willing to try new things. You have to open yourself up to new activities and new ideas. If you're a computer programmer who thinks you can sit back with the same old concepts and do the same thing for ten years, you're going to be out of business. If you're a manager and you're stuck doing the same thing year after year. You're going to get stale and not known how to motivate people. Part of becoming better at what you do requires challenging yourself on a constant basis. What I Was looking for was that type of challenge. Don't get me wrong. Winning four state titles in the previous seven years was nothing to sneeze at. We had just gone 16-0. won a title, and had almost every player on the team coming back. My son, who had pretty much grown up his whole life in Stephenville, was the quarterback, and the class that was about to be seniors had only lost one game in their high school careers. It would have been easy to stay, and some people in town thought I was a little nuts. But I also know there are plenty of great high school coaches in Texas who didn't win four state championships. There are plenty of great high school coaches who didn't win championship. so I'm not trying to demean that level. It's just that for me, I wanted to test myself at another level. Book jacket., Growing up in Rule, Texas, Art Briles learned at a young age the importance of hard work and faith from his parents. Soon that faith would be tested. On their way to see him play in a college football game, Briles' parents and aunt died in a car crash. This event shaped Briles into the man he is today. His father, Dennis, left him with a series of lessons. He taught his son that the world doesn't just hand you things, you have to earn them. And he taught him the influence that faith could have in his life. Briles put these lessons to work as a football coach, where he established his reputation for turning struggling teams into winners, from high school to the staff at Texas Tech to head coach at the University of Houston. Hired to coach Baylor in 2007, he was faced with a familiar task. Within three years, Briles led the Bears to their first bowl game in 15 years. Today, he instills those same lessons into his young players, helping them find a reason to excel. There are plenty of excuses for failure but Briles surrounds himself with people who are fearless when it comes to chasing success. That is one of the many lessons he imparts to his readers, with chapters that include: * God and the Teaching of Dennis Briles* Finding Your Passion* You Can Change Attitude, Not Talent* Passing in the Land of Earl Campbell* Everybody is a Captain Filled with dramatic football stories and lessons learned, this book will inspire and entertain.
9781250057778 English 1250057779 A memoir about overcoming loss and keeping faith by the innovative head coach of the top ranked Baylor Bears college football team.Growing up in Rule, Texas, Art Briles learned at a young age the importance of hard work and faith from his parents. Soon that faith would be tested. On their way to see him play in a college football game, Briles' parents and aunt died in a car crash. This event shaped Briles into the man he is today. His father, Dennis, left him with a series of lessons. He taught his son that the world doesn't just hand you things, you have to earn them. And he taught him the influence that faith could have in his life.Briles put these lessons to work as a football coach, where he established his reputation for turning struggling teams into winners, from high school to the staff at Texas Tech to head coach at the University of Houston. Hired to coach Baylor in 2007, he was faced with a familiar task. Within three years, Briles led the Bears to their first bowl game in 15 years.Today, he instills those same lessons into his young players, helping them find a reason to excel. There are plenty of excuses for failure but Briles surrounds himself with people who are fearless when it comes to chasing success. That is one of the many lessons he imparts to his readers, with chapters that include:* God and the Teaching of Dennis Briles* Finding Your Passion* You Can Change Attitude, Not Talent* Passing in the Land of Earl Campbell* Everybody is a CaptainFilled with dramatic football stories and lessons learned, this book will inspire and entertain., Coaching at Texas Tech] was a chance for me to try a new challenge. As I said before, I'm pretty much fearless about failure. I figured that if I went to the college ranks and it didn't work. I knew I could go back to get a good high school job somewhere. So I wasn't really worried about job security. and as I look around at people in business, I think that's important if you're going to be successful. You have to be willing to try new things. You have to open yourself up to new activities and new ideas. If you're a computer programmer who thinks you can sit back with the same old concepts and do the same thing for ten years, you're going to be out of business. If you're a manager and you're stuck doing the same thing year after year. You're going to get stale and not known how to motivate people. Part of becoming better at what you do requires challenging yourself on a constant basis. What I Was looking for was that type of challenge. Don't get me wrong. Winning four state titles in the previous seven years was nothing to sneeze at. We had just gone 16-0. won a title, and had almost every player on the team coming back. My son, who had pretty much grown up his whole life in Stephenville, was the quarterback, and the class that was about to be seniors had only lost one game in their high school careers. It would have been easy to stay, and some people in town thought I was a little nuts. But I also know there are plenty of great high school coaches in Texas who didn't win four state championships. There are plenty of great high school coaches who didn't win championship. so I'm not trying to demean that level. It's just that for me, I wanted to test myself at another level. Book jacket., Growing up in Rule, Texas, Art Briles learned at a young age the importance of hard work and faith from his parents. Soon that faith would be tested. On their way to see him play in a college football game, Briles' parents and aunt died in a car crash. This event shaped Briles into the man he is today. His father, Dennis, left him with a series of lessons. He taught his son that the world doesn't just hand you things, you have to earn them. And he taught him the influence that faith could have in his life. Briles put these lessons to work as a football coach, where he established his reputation for turning struggling teams into winners, from high school to the staff at Texas Tech to head coach at the University of Houston. Hired to coach Baylor in 2007, he was faced with a familiar task. Within three years, Briles led the Bears to their first bowl game in 15 years. Today, he instills those same lessons into his young players, helping them find a reason to excel. There are plenty of excuses for failure but Briles surrounds himself with people who are fearless when it comes to chasing success. That is one of the many lessons he imparts to his readers, with chapters that include: * God and the Teaching of Dennis Briles* Finding Your Passion* You Can Change Attitude, Not Talent* Passing in the Land of Earl Campbell* Everybody is a Captain Filled with dramatic football stories and lessons learned, this book will inspire and entertain.