The Ways of Anson Dorrance - "The Man Watching" by Tim Crothers
Started reading Tim Crothers book on Anson Dorrance, "The Man Watching." Love the book and have been tweeting incessantly about the book. This Chirpstory is a compilation of my tweets on the "The Man Watching."
This chirpstory will continue to evolve as I continue reading the book & tweeting my thoughts on twitter.
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Reading Tim Crothers book on UNC's legendary soccer coach Anson Dorrance http://t.co/2C9e1OuZ - must read for all coaches in all sports. -
Tim Crothers spent 48 months with Anson Dorrance & UNC soccer program in writing "The Man Watching" Comprehensive picture.
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Book features a quote or passage before each chapter - going to share the quotes from the first 9 chapters with you now.
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Chapter 1 "Roses"- “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything (cont) http://t.co/zH4MVvXo
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Chapter 2-"Here We Go" - "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." Helen Keller
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Chapter 3-"A Right Nice Place" "Life is Change, Growth is optional" Karen Kaiser Clark
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Chapter 4-"Big Pete" {Ansons's Dad} - "Choose a job you love, & you will never have to work a day in your life" Confucius
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Chapter 5-"Beginnings" "U see things & U say,Why? But I dread things that never were, & I say, Why Not?" George Bernard Shaw
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Chapter 6-"Pioneers" "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Michael Apostolius
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Quote in Chapter 6-"Gather as much milk as you can, and the cream will rise naturally." Roots in this quote Proverbs 27:17-as iron sharpens.
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In Chapter 5, Anson's dad writes write some coaching advice to his son - Great letter - http://t.co/o0BDQ2MT
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Chapter 7 - "Man & Women"-Chapter is worth the price of the book. Anson has coached both men & women. Coaches them differently.
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Chapter 7 is probably the most controversial chapter in the book. I find his insight on coaching females quite enlightening.
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Anson Dorrance started out coaching males & females the same. He was the head coach of men & women at UNC for many years.
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Chapter 7 opening Passage-"A man walking along a California beech asked the Lord to grant him one wish. The Lord (cont) http://t.co/5QzEUBDR
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Dorrance talks about gift of fury - "I want my sons to have the gift of fury.I want them to gobble up the world. Eat life or it'll eat them"
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Dorrance gives out a "Gift of Fury Award" at the season ending banquet. It's more coveted than the MVP. AD got idea from "The Great Santini"
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The "gift of fury" in an athlete reminds me of Ray Lewis' recent speech to Stanford hoopers "Pissed off for Greatness:" http://t.co/Fc74wdLM
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Dorrane distinguishes btw men & women on these subjects - Using videotape, halftime talks, lineup changes, & praise.
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Classic Anson Dorrance quote-"Men speak English & women speak Hidden Agenda"
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Classic Anson Dorrance quote-"I learned that in talking to a woman there is a whole different conversation going (cont) http://t.co/tLQN5Pox
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My favorite Anson Dorrance quote is "Men value the game over relationships, Women value relationships over the (cont) http://t.co/LLnV1VdJ
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Chapter 8-"Competitive Cauldron" Marianne Willimason quote on letting your light shine: "Our deepest fear is not (cont) http://t.co/9tzGwm1O
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Got to go - will soon highlight some quotes from Chapters 8 & 9
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@KEITHBOOTH Nice to hear from U - See you're coaching women. I'll send you some other stuff. Make sure U follow @UCFCoachStarkey
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