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enlarge | Authors: C. Vivian Stringer, Laura Tucker Publisher: Crown Category: Book
List Price: $24.95 Buy Used: $4.19 You Save: $20.76 (83%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 25 reviews Sales Rank: 20696
Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 304 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2 Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0307406091 Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323092 EAN: 9780307406095 ASIN: 0307406091
Publication Date: March 4, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Condition: former library book - very good condition - slight shelfwear
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Awesome & Inspiring! March 28, 2008 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
What a wonderful book! Highly recommended to everyone! Gives hope to all that have a had a struggle like Vivians! From a poor family to coaching one of THE BEST womens college basketball teams EVER! Im a big RU fan and the whole team has been through alot, I commend them on their courage and with Vivian as their coach, they will soar! She's a great role-model to everyone!
Good Read, Great Coach March 26, 2008 8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I started following Rutgers Women's basketball just a few years ago and wanted to find out what makes C. Vivian Stringer tick, as well as to catch up on earlier teams that she coached. The book filled that need admirably. The writing is excellent, details informative and the message uplifting. She has a stoic and yet combative view of life and her story explains why.
No book will ever reveal what a person is like and if you've ever heard her speak, you know that Coach Stringer has poetry in her that barely peaks through in the book. Her reaction to the recent Tennessee clock debacle included, "I seem to have an eraser after my name..."
The perpetual struggle that she is involved in as she coaches and deals with her other challenges and the effect that she has on others is what she is and she is a treasure.
Am l a fan of Vivian Stringer? C ! March 19, 2008 A very inspirational book from a very inspirational woman. lt inspires me to go out and pinch Geno Auriemma's taint. Pat Summitt isn't good enough to carry this woman's feminine hygiene products.
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The C. stands for Champion! March 15, 2008 7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Most of us heard about her from the fall-out of Don Imus' disgusting comments regarding her team; but in her memoir you will learn that the strength of character she showed during those dark days was ingrained in her from her solid family values. Coach Stringer is a woman whose challenges have only served to make her stronger, better, wiser. And those of us who are privildged to know her can only be amazed by her talent, beauty and fortitude. I can honestly say that the C. in C. Vivian Stringer truly does stand for CHAMPION!
An inspiring life March 8, 2008 21 out of 21 found this review helpful
As a women's basketball fan I was familiar with C Vivian Stringer and her Rutgers team. What I wasn't familiar with were all the details of her upbringing in a poor but proud family and the struggles she went through as an African American, wife and mother dealing with a high profile career, illness of her daughter, death of her husband and various other unique challenges. Coach Stringer presents all of her struggles in an honest and humble way. I especially enjoyed reading how she developed her coaching style over the years and seeing how she put her values into practice. If you like "overcomer" type stories or sports stories, you'll enjoy this, its the type you can't put down until you finish. I can understand now why her players seem to have so much affection and loyalty for her.
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