Success Is a Choice - by Rick Pitino (Paperback)

About the Book

The coast-to-coast bestseller that makes Rick Pitino--newly crowned head coach of the Boston Celtics--a reader's personal coach, "Success Is a Choice" features Pitino's ultimate ten-point program for winning the game of life. "Pitino is a proven winner".--"Boston Herald".

Book Synopsis

MAKE RICK PITINO YOUR PERSONAL COACH AND ACHIEVE MORE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.

For Rick Pitino, the first coach to bring teams from three different schools to the Final Four, success isn't about shortcuts. Pitino's secret-and the reason he has become both a great coach and one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the nation-is his strategy of overachievement. Now, in Success Is a Choice, he takes the same proven methods that have earned him and his teams legendary status and gives you a ten-step plan of attack that will help you become a winner at anything you set your mind to:

-Build your self-esteem
-Set demanding goals
-Always be positive
-Establish good habits
-Master the art of communication
-Learn from good role models
-Thrive on pressure
-Be ferociously persistent
-Learn from adversity
-Survive your own success

An inspiring program that is as fun to read as it is practical, Success Is a Choice can make the difference between achievement and failure in your own life.

"So much more than another Armani suit, Pitino has done a job of psychology and salesmanship that should serve as a how-to manual for his profession." -Chicago Sun-Times

"Pitino's track record is extraordinary . . . his personal style is also winning." -Time

About the Author

Rick Pitino is the author of the bestseller Success Is a Choice. A renowned coach in the NBA and college basketball, Pitino was the head coach of the 1996 NCAA champions, the University of Kentucky Wildcats, and the basketball coach at Providence College. He went on to coach both the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks. A popular motivational speaker, he lives in Boston, Massachusetts.