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The Games Do Count: America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Kilmeade
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 223076
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0060736763
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9780060736767
ASIN: 0060736763
Publication Date: October 1, 2005
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Condition: used-remainder mark-cover has creases and scratches-front cover and first few pages have a portion sliced completely off-binding and covers are badly torn,smashed and creased,page edges are torn and creased
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Product Description
What do Henry Kissinger, Jack Welch, Condoleezza Rice, and Jon Bon Jovi have in common? They have all reached the top of their respective professions, and they all credit sports for teaching them the lessons that were fundamental to their success. In his years spent interviewing and profiling celebrities, politicians, and top businesspeople, popular sportscaster and Fox & Friends cohost Brian Kilmeade has discovered that nearly everyone shares a love of sports and has a story about how a game, a coach, or a single moment of competition changed his or her life. These vignettes have entertained, surprised, and inspired readers nationwide with their insight into America's most respected and well-known personalities. Kilmeade presents more than seventy stories straight from the men and women themselves and those who were closest to them. From competition to camaraderie, individual achievement to teamwork, failure to success, the world of sports encompasses it all and enriches our lives. The Games Do Count reveals this simple and compelling truth: America's best and brightest haven't just worked hard -- they've played hard -- and the results have been staggering!
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 Great read November 7, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Suprisingly good. Love well-researched books, and Brian obviously invested a good deal of time and effort putting this one together. As a sports fan, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
 Interesting Topic, Yet Stretched Too Far August 22, 2007
Brian Kilmeade intrigues me on TV. He is witty, fast thinking, well informed, and personable.
In my judgment, his book covered a worthwhile topic--the impact of athletics on the lives of participants, even those who don't become star performers.
As an avid sports fan, I welcomed several wise observations like this statement from George Will, one of the celebrities profiled: "Baseball--it's a cliche, but like a lot of cliches, it's true--is a game of failure. The best hitter in baseball in a given year fails more than 60 percent of the time. If you bat .350, you've failed 65 percent of the time. Ted Williams batted .406 in 1941, which means he failed to get a hit roughly 60 percent of the time. In any given year, the best team in baseball walks off the field beaten about sixty times. It's a very difficult game and a game of failure. That doesn't mean that some people aren't a whole lot better than others. And everyone was a whole lot better than I was most of the time."
However, because so many of the people Brian Kilmeade featured say practically the same thing, I suggest that he would have produced a more appealing book if he had eliminated the duplications. Through careful editing, he could have given us half as much material that would have carried twice as much impact.
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The Author's High Profile Job Got Me To Buy The Book.... May 15, 2007
The author's high profile job got me to buy his book, as I watch his morning news program everyday. I was happy to find that the book stands alone as an inspiring weaving of interesting true stories from celebrities on how sports impacted their lives.
Kilmeade did a great job of getting the biggest names of our time to share their victories and defeats, and how those experiences shaped their paths toward success.
This is an upbeat book that will touch your soul. A great gift for teenagers.
A Great Read; A Great Gift September 26, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I originally purchased this book for my husband. After reading it myself, I decided that it would also make the perfect Christmas gift for every guy on my list. I gave 11 of these books that Christmas. I have never received such heartfelt and enthusiastic thank you's for my gifts as I did from gifting "The Games Do Count". My son and nephews in college especially appreciated this book, as it (1) consists of many great, individual short stories and (2) with their busy college schedules, this book was the perfect choice for some quick, enjoyable down-time reading.
GOOD BOOK BUT June 21, 2006
6 out of 16 found this review helpful
THIS MAY A GOOD BOOK BUT THE AUTHOR IS STILL A POMPOUS ARROGANT JERK. AND HE IS NOT AT ALL FUNNY.
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