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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323092
EAN: 9780061626630
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0061626635
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Studio: Collins

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


Rick Pitino is a basketball icon: the only coach in college history to lead three different schools to the Final Four, the winner of the 1996 NCAA championship, the owner of a sparkling career record, a bestselling author, and a lock for the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Yet Pitino's journey has not been without life-altering adversity: He's experienced profound personal and professional losses. In 2001, after three losing seasons as coach and president of the Boston Celtics, Pitino resigned, walking away from the $23 million left in his contract. And while recovering from the only breakdown in his extraordinary basketball career, Pitino—who had previously suffered the devastating loss of his infant son, Daniel—endured additional tragedies: His brother-in-law and best friend Billy Minardi, a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, perished in the World Trade Center attacks of 9/11, less than a year after another brother-in-law had been fatally struck by a taxi. Pitino writes, "From that point on, my life changed forever. Nothing will ever be the same."



This realization gave Pitino a new perspective. With it, the innovative leader felt the freedom to act even more dynamically than he ever had in the past. Returning to college basketball, he has rebuilt and revitalized the storied program at Louisville, guiding the Cardinals to a history-making Final Four appearance in 2005 that stamped him the only coach in history to take three schools that far. And in 2008, he rallied an injury-plagued Louisville team from a disappointing start and led it to the Elite Eight, setting the stage for greater success to come.



The failures and tragedies he recounts make this book unique. More than just a recitation of what works and why, it's about how to succeed after you've failed; how to pick yourself up after being knocked down; and how to reframe yourself and see the world in a new light. This is a comeback story, a manual for overcoming life's difficulties. Pitino has experienced success as an author with his tremendously popular books Success Is a Choice and Lead to Succeed, but in Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0, he's crafted a book that's more deeply personal, more inspiring, more practical, and more powerful than any he's written before.






Rating: - Rick's wisdom comes from being there
Several years ago I had the pleasure of watching in person as Rick Pitino coached several games at UK and other schools. I was impressed with the way he was constantly teaching the players as they sat on the bench. I bought Rebound Rules for my grandson and read it first to ensure that it was a book I wanted to give him.

Rick shares many lessons of life that come from experiencing tradegy, disappointment, and success. His forumla for success is simple in one respect as he talks ... Read More

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Rating: - Motivation & Success Tips from the Hardwood to the Boardroom
Rick Pitino has been a successful basketball coach but has also tasted his share of adversity. Professionally, he was unable to translate his college basketball wins into NBA success. He was an acknowledged flop as the coach of the Boston Celtics. In his personal life, he had a son die in his infancy. He also lost a brother-in-law in the 9/11 attacks.

Rick Pitino believes in second chances and in rebounding from losses. That is the essential message of his newest book, REBOUND RULES. ... Read More

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Rating: - Forgettable, but Delivers
I received a review copy of this book, which I requested NOT because I'm a basketball fan. In fact, I had no idea who Rick Pitino even was. Rather, I requested it because of the personal tragedies it hinted at Pitino overcoming and the crossover appeal of his "rules" to the business world. Although it's a book I'll probably forget in short order, it delivered on both those promises and was worth reading.

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Rating: - rick pitinol
My son who is an Activities director for a small school district in the State of Washington was very pleased wit this selection.

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Rating: - THE ART OF THE GAME
Have you ever watched a person go through life and just said to yourself, "That man surely leads a charmed life." If anyone should fit that description, it would be Rick Pitino.

I had came into REBOUND RULES with a few prejudices of my own--I'm an enormous Kentucky Wildcat fan and I consider him "the best coach, if not, the ONLY coach" we ever had. So yes, you could say, I might have had a slight bit of a bias when picking up my copy of REBOUND RULES.

But what a refreshing surprise! ... Read More

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