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Second Wind- Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man. By Taylor Branch and Bill Russell. This is a book about life's victories and defeats and how to deal with them. Russell is entertaining, candid and controversial. He says what he thinks and has a great philosophy of life.
- Having watched Bill Russell play many times in the 1950s with the great Celtic teams I had to read this book and am glad I did. It shows what people can accomplish from hard work form humble beginnings. I was surprised Russell grew up in Louisiana, but soon moved to CA where he eventaully led the Univ. Of San Fransisco to the NCAA title.
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Second Wind Submitted by Taylor Stoehr Title and Author: Second Wind by Bill Russell (and collaborator Taylor Branch) Genre: Autobiography Theme: The famous Boston Celtics basketball star and player-coach tells his life story Class type: Best for males, especially if a majority of them are African Americans.
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“Though I thought Red (Auerbach) wasn't mean enough to (Tommy) Heinsohn it seemed he was too mean to Satch (Sanders) and (Don) Nelson. He'd yell at them for no reason at all, as a pair, and he was cruel. He used to embarrass the whole team as he jumped up and down and yell at them as though they were referees. This offended my sense of justice, and so when of my first reforms when I succeeded Red as coach was to being giving Satch and Nelson the respect they deserved. That season, unfortunately, Satch and Nelson played like ghosts at first. ... It wasn't that they were goofing up, but neither of them seemed to be there, and I couldn't put my finger on exactly what they were doing wrong, but finally I'd boil over and yell at them. Then, of course, they'd play better. For weeks I tried yelling at them only when they were guilty of something, but I didn't work. Then I tried yelling at them when they were clearly innocent; some players, like Heinsohn, could become productively engaged when wrongly accused. But that didn't help either. Then it dawned on me that it didn't matter so much why I yelled at Satch and Nelson; I just had to do it regularly, at certain intervals, the way you take vitamin pills. After only a few months as player -coach I found myself thinking, 'Okay, it's 7:20. Time to yell at Satch and Nelson.' Needless to say, Red became less of an ogre to me and I became more of one to the players.”
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