It’s How You Play the Game: The Powerful Sports Moments That Taught Lasting Values to America’s Finest

Great book for your sports enthusiast.

I love this book!I am a little biased, because I love sport. I am now more than 50 years old and I love to compete (playing soccer). I personally think that practising sport helps you to build your character. You learn discipline, team spirit, efficiency, how to reach your goals and confidence. Most of all, you learn to cope with disappointments and success. Is sport always fair and just? Of course, not! Sometimes, the weaker team (athlete) wins. But, life is also not always fair.I love to read about all the impact of the games to so many different people with different backgrounds. It cannot be an accident that sport impacted so many successful people in politics, military, film industry or business.The last point: you have to dream to succeed. Is it realistic to become a great athlete? No, but if you do not believe it, who should? The turning point of most of the stories was: when the athlete started to believe in him(her)self (mostly encouraged by some coach).

Loved the short stories. Pleasant and easy read

I bought this for my 12 year old grandson who plays basketball and baseball. Accepting that you’re gonna win some and lose some is an important realization! The stories also reinforce the concepts of hard work, determination, tenacity, comradery, and learning from mistakes.

The book, It’s How You Play the Game, is a masterfully written book by Brian Kilmeade. Whether you are an athlete, an artist, a musician, or anything else, everyone can learn valuable lessons from the world of sports. This book contains many colorful interviews with some of the world’s finest athletes, politicians, and other well-known people that felt sports impacted their lives in a positive way. In the opening chapter, hall of fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, shares some of his childhood memories. He tells about how he tried again and again to throw the perfect spiral, and when he finally did, he rushed in the house to get his mom to show her his great success. Author Brian Kilmeade does a fantastic job of collecting the interviews for this book. This is Kilmeade’s second book. I would also recommend his first book, The Games Do Count. Kilmeade uses his journalism experience from being on television’s Fox and Friends to help each interview make for a well-rounded chapter. Kilmeade does an excellent job making the book something that anyone can relate to. I couldn’t set the book down as soon as I had finished reading the first page. The lessons the athletes in this book learned are lessons that I have gotten from sports. Determination, teamwork, giving effort, and focus are among the many that are mentioned and that I have learned. This book is beautifully written, and would be a great read for anyone who likes to relate and really be in touch with what they are reading.

Just started but so far do good!!!

Great Product, thanks.

I bought 2 of these for Christmas presents this year. Everyone loved them! These made really great gifts. Great book!

On the recommendation of a friend, I bought this book so my teenage kids (who play sports) could read it and understand that every great athlete has its ups and downs, but regardless, you power through with great sportsmanship, and will typically succeed! This book is so very inspiring to anyone who plays sports… or has played sports…. or just needs a good boost of inspiration! I highly recommend it to ALLL the young athletes out there, so that they have a better understanding of how sports and life interact. And… that it’s not all about winning and being on top… but most often the journey of how you got there! A must-read!

My husband enjoyed it very much.