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by Pat Williams (Author)
The Spark at Lit is Book Foreword Introduction: Daly Memories Chapter 1: Let Leaders Lead Chuckism #1: Players play, coaches coach, bus drivers drive the bus Chuckism # 2: I'm not a coach, I'm a salesman Chuckism #3: I'm not a coach, I'm a teacher Chuckism #4: Th e players have to allow you to coach them Chuckism #5: Every day is a crisis. My job is to land the plane safely Chuckism #6: Th e best asset a coach has is selective hearing Chuckism #7: Th at's my job Chuckism #8: Th is isn't my fi rst rodeo Chapter 2: Without Teamwork, You've Got Nothin' Chuckism #9: Th ey all want three things-48 minutes,48 shots and $48 million Chuckism #10: Hang around, guys. Hang around Chuckism #11: You get paid to play eighty-two nights a year Chuckism #12: Ours is a suff ering business Chuckism #13: We have too many meetings in basketball and they will kill you. You can talk too much-players get tired of your voice Chuckism #14: Cherish and savor every day you're in the NBA Chuckism #15: Diff erent team; same problems Chuckism #16: Shooting makes up for a multitude of sins Chapter 3: Only Real People Need Apply Chuckism #17: You can't fool dogs, kids-or NBA players Chuckism #18: Stay out of the limelight because it's a players' league Chuckism #19: You've got to make sure the guys who don't play don't poison the guys who do play Chuckism #20: Coaching basketball is not about Xs and Os, but about diversity Chuckism #21: Th en get in earlier...beat me in Chuckism #22: "Everything happens to me" Chapter 4: Never Do THAT Chuckism #23: Never trust happiness Chuckism #24: No one looks bad in a blue suit Chuckism #25: Never get in a fi ght with a person who buys ink by the barrel Chuckism #26: Never put a saddle on a mustang Chapter 5: ALWAYS Do is Chuckism #27: Practice the midnight rule Chuckism #28: Take the high road Chuckism #29: You'd better know where your next job is coming from Chuckism #30: Let's go! Let's go! Chuckism #31: You've got to go through the process. Keep moving forward Chuckism #32: Trust me Chuckism #33: Get past mad Chapter 6: at's Life Chuckism #34: I'm a product of the Great Depression Chuckism #35: What do you do best? Chuckism #36: Consequence of action. Chuckism #37: Beyond belief...beyond beyond Chuckism #38: You don't really know who you are until you're at least thirty-fi ve Chuckism #39: Youth must be served- you don't stay on top forever Chuckism #40: It is what it is Chapter 7: Attitude is Everything Chuckism #41: A pessimist is an optimist with experience Chuckism #42: Whatever! Chuckism #43: Rebound. Rebound. REBOUND! Chuckism #44: Handle it! Chuckism #45: It's easy to say "yes" six months in advance Chuckism #46: Ignore Chuckism #47: Not a problem! Chapter 8: Whatever You Do, Do It With Style Chuckism #48: What are you doing? Chuckism #49: All of you want to be in my seat-but it's hot up here! Chuckism #50: Seduced by the competition Chuckism #51: Chuckdaly Pat's Final oughts - Chuckism #52: We want to be happy after the games
Author Biography
PAT WILLIAMS, longtime NBA executive and basketball Hall of Famer, is currently leading an effort to bring Major League Baseball to Orlando. He is the author of well over a hundred books, many of them on leadership. Pat is the father of nineteen children and has twenty-one grandchildren.
