My Sporting Heroes

Author : Mia Cassany
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1914519019
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sports Heroes written by Mia Cassany and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book isn't about the most amazing sports victories; it is about how important it is not give up and about learning to overcome life's many challenges and fighting for what you believe in. It delves into examples of some sportspersons who have been able to innovate or fight against prejudice. Athletes featured: Muhammad Ali (USA), Dick Fosbury (USA), Gerry López (USA), Edurne Pasaban (Spain), Gertrude Ederle (USA), Jackie Robinson (USA), André Agassi (France), Sonja Henie (Norway), Pelé (Brazil), Gino Bartali & Fausto Coppi (Italy), Nadia Comâneci (Romania), Katherine Switzer (Germany), Harry Vardon (UK), Chester Williams (South Africa), Ma Long (China), Patty McGee (USA).

Author : Ian Botham
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969030
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Sporting Heroes written by Ian Botham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Sporting Heroes, one of the country's great sportsmen, Sir Ian Botham, draws up his template of what he believes makes a true sporting hero. Botham singles out the ten qualities he believes are the basic elements in any true sportsperson - bravery, passion, composure, determination, skill, leadership, instinct, dedication, humour and compassion - then highlights the sportsmen and women who he believes best demonstrate each quality, backing up his selection with personal anecdotes of his time spent with them or watching them in action. Covering a wide variety of sports and discussing admired athletes of both the past and present, from Ian Woosnam, Paul Gascoigne and Jonathan Davies to Joe Calzaghe, Lewis Hamilton and Andy Murray, My Sporting Heroes is a lively celebration of exactly what makes a true sporting legend - from someone who knows a thing or two about it!

Author : Mac Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780448025704
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Greatest Sports Heroes written by Mac Davis and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 sports figures who truly represent the greates heroes of sports.

Author : Jason Mohammad
Publisher : Accent Press
ISBN 13 : 1783759216
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Sporting Heroes written by Jason Mohammad and published by Accent Press. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-hand account from the heart of Welsh sporting action. One of the country’s most recognized sport presenters - Jason has rubbed shoulders with the greats: from Brazilian footballers Zico, Ronaldinho and Juninho; to rugby giants Graham Henry, Lawrence Dallaglio and Martin Johnson; and even filmstar Al Pacino. In My Sporting Heroes Jason chooses his favourite Welsh sporting stars – including his boyhood hero, the former Wales manager Mark Hughes, Ryan Giggs, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Welsh rugby stars Sam Warburton and Ieuan Evans, boxer Joe Calzaghe and swimmer David Davies – and gives us a personal and intimate view of each of these different characters as well as of life as a TV presenter.

Author : Stanley H. Teitelbaum
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803216440
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols written by Stanley H. Teitelbaum and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the court and on the field they are the world?s winners, exhibiting a natural grace and prowess their adoring fans can only dream about. Yet so often, off the field our sports heroes lose their perspective, their balance, and ultimately their place. In a work as timely as the latest fracas on the basketball court or the most recent drug-induced scandal in the dugout, Stanley H. Teitelbaum looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes? precipitous fall from grace. ø In his psychotherapy practice, Teitelbaum has worked extensively with professional athletes and sports agents?work he draws on here for insight into the psyche of sports figures and the off-the-field challenges they face. Considering both historical and current cases, he shows how, in many instances, the very factors that elevate athletes to superstardom contribute to their downfall. An evenhanded and honest look at athletes who have faltered, Teitelbaum?s work helps us see past our sports stars? exalted images into what those images?and their frailty?say about our society and ourselves.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744022703
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When I Grow Up - Sports Heroes written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do little kids become sporting superstars? Find out in this inspiring board book for little ones. Everyone, from Usain Bolt to Simone Biles, was once a small child learning about the world. Read how a diverse array of sporty kids found what they loved to do, worked hard, and followed their passions all the way into adulthood. With adorable illustrations of top sports stars as typical young kids, then as superstar adults, sporting greats will seem like friends to your little one, and kids will see that sporting greatness is achievable. Meet Lionel Messi when he was a small child learning to play football, Usain Bolt before he became a super sprinter, Ellie Simmonds as she developed a love of water, and figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu when he joined his sister on the ice and became a figure skater. Let your child turn the pages and see that, like their heroes, the experiences and passions they have now can lead to incredible achievements.

Author : Steve Riach
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1418561452
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Heroes of Sports written by Steve Riach and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside look at the heart and faith of sports heroes. This feels like a Sports Illustrated photo-essay title! True Heroes of Sports provides a unique look at favorite athletic champions–both past and present. Combining the brilliant images of renowned sports photographer Tom DiPace with essays by sports author Steve Riach, this book profiles the greatest heroes in sports with candid insights into their triumphs and set-backs . . . and ultimately the love faith to capture the total persona of each hero. Featured athletes have been selected for their excellence in their sport and their contributions as a positive example in exhibiting sportsmanship, character, and champion heart.

Author : Michael Jenkins
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 0143531077
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Champions - How South Africa's sporting heroes are made written by Michael Jenkins and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a journey into the histories, hearts and homes of some of South Africa's greatest sporting heroes. Featuring the varied and very human stories of 13 icons of our time, including AB de Villiers, Ryan Sandes, 'Beast' Mtawarira, and Bridgitte Hartley, the book shows that it takes far more than natural talent to transform an athlete into the best that sport has to offer. Making Champions is an answer to the question: what goes into achieving champion status? It tells of the battles these sports stars have lost and won in their desire to set themselves apart from others just as gifted and aspiring for success. In the process, it equips all South Africans aiming to achieve in whatever field with the knowledge of the decisions and sacrifices these athletes have made, and the habits they have adopted on their way to the top.

Author : A. R. Schaefer
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736812948
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ken Griffey Jr. written by A. R. Schaefer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Ken Griffey Jr., the All-Star outfielder who, at the age of thirty, became the youngest player in baseball history to hit 400 career home runs.

Author : Greg Growden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781740513357
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Sporting Hero written by Greg Growden and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg Growden, Chief Rugby Union correspondent at The Sydney Morning Herald, asked Australian identities to nominate and share their stories of sportspeople whom they have admired. Contributions he received include people who passed on a love of sport, coaches, international stars, underdog sporting teams and of course dads. At this moment in history, and indeed at any time, it is valuable to stop and reflect on people and events who through personal contact, or just knowledge of their existence, have helped each of us strive to do better, or made us feel better. As well as celebrating the spirit of sport, this collection provides an insight into who and what in sport inspires, arouses feelings in and motivates individuals, and illustrates that heroes still exist. Includes Wendy Harmer on Geoff Toovey, Forbes Carlile on Snowy Baker, Siobhan Paton on Daniel Kowalski, Mike Carlton on his dad sprinter Jim Carlton, Mike Coleman on the synchronised swim team, David Williamson on John Landy, Sally Loane on Bob Templeman, Premier Peter Beattie on Arthur Beetson, Susie Moroney on her brother, John O'Neill on Tim Horan, Martin Flanagan on Gypsy Lee, Rex Hunt on Greg Norman and Ron Barrassi, Ken Arthurson on Bozo Bob Fulton, The Yellow Wiggle Greg on Justin Langer, Garrie Hutchinson, Priya Cooper, Norman May, Eddie Jones on Ian Chappell, Ron Barrassi, Jeff Fenech, Jon Cleary, John Brogden MP on Wayne 'Junior' Pearce, Ted Egan, Warwick Hadfield, Ian Heads, Craig Young, Peter FitzSimons and Spiro Zavos on Keith Miller, David Pescud, Peter Fenton, Roy Masters on Tom Raudonikis, Kirsten Thomson on Susie O'Neill, Simon Poidevin on Evan Fraser, Max Presnell on the bucking bull Chainsaw, Alan Attwood on Cliff Young, Malcolm Knox, Tom Carroll, Gordon Bray, Mikey Robins on his dad, Jim Maxwell, Rob Sitch on Arnold Palmer, David Salter and General Cosgrove on John Eales.