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 enlarge | Authors: Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 407165
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 260
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0446530603
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.32363097565
EAN: 9780446530606
ASIN: 0446530603
Publication Date: November 19, 2001
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Condition: When all Else Fails Work as Hard As You Think You Can - If That Fails Work Harder.
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 Skip it... February 10, 2004
2 out of 28 found this review helpful
Honestly, it's just a bunch of blather about how supereme Duke is and how despite everyone being injured the team overcomes impossible odds to win the title. Honestly, I don't recall this team being all that injury ridden. If you're a Duke fan, buy it. Everyone else, don't bother.
 i love this book November 8, 2003
7 out of 21 found this review helpful
my son chris played on this team. i love coach k as he has gotten me a job and new car. duke has saved my family's life . this is a great book and all duke fans should read it. FIST! - vivian harper
Recipe for Success: On the Court, In Business, and in Life February 18, 2003
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Duke is on TV almost as much as Sponge Bob. I've probably missed five games in twenty-five years (including my time at Duke). After reading this book, I've missed all of them. The behind-the-scenes, locker-room perspective on how Coach K motivates players is powerful and moving. His preparation for each game centers less on the opponent and more on singling out one player on his own team to lift that player's game. His simple, direct message gets through.
"Next Play," "Confidence Breeds Courage," "Collective Responsibility" and other catch-phrases of K's apply not only to basketball but to business and to life.
How many coaches after winning the National Championship would bring their team back into the locker room two days later to remind them that the Lessons of the Fist (for what those are you have to read the book) apply not only to basketball but to life? How many, in the same meeting, would goad their players to excel not only on the basketball court but in the classroom and in life?
This is a book to treasure.
 Is there some reason for all the italics? December 5, 2002
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I guess I'd ask Donald T. Phillips, Coach K's assisting writer, that question. I guess he thought Duke fans reading the book were too stupid to understand when someone other than Coach K was talking. Or Coach K was too stupid.Anyway, the book is an average recount of Duke's national title season in 2000-2001. It goes start to finish. You'll like it if you're a Duke fan, you won't if you're not.
The Inside Scoop of Duke's Success November 24, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
In Five Point Play, Coach Mike Krzyzewski tries to teach the 2001 Duke basketball team about not only basketball, but life too. By setting examples for the team, Coach shows his players the results of communication, trust, care, responsibility, and pride, the same points that helped them win the national championship. "Coach K" has a crew of talented coaches and players that include Shane Battier, Jason Williams, Carlos Boozer and many more. I like the way that Coach Krzyzewski put this book together, by explaining every pep talk, describing every huddle, and giving the details of every game. Although I wouldn't recommend this book to a North Carolina fan, I hope that every other basketball fan gets a chance to read Five Point Play.
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