The Heart of Success,9781891696121

The Heart of Success

by Tripps, Dan G., Ph.D.; Cronkite, Walter
ISBN13: 9781891696121
ISBN10: 1891696122
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher(s): Bainbridge Books
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Summary

The book contains a collection of conversations with some 40 prominent people in business, science, education, government, sports, and the arts who discuss the essence of success, enabling the reader to understand the personal side of achievement. Those interviewed include Sparky Anderson, Ken Burns, Bob Dole, Mills Lane, John Naber, Sandra Day O'Connor, Pam Shriver, Bill Wash, and a host of others.

Table of Contents

Foreword 11(15)
Walter Cronkite
The Lure Of Success
15(274)
It Takes Absolute Will
captain and hero of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team's Miracle on Ice
23(5)
Mike Eruzione
author of the award-winning 1967 novel, The Chosen
28(5)
Chaim Potok
first American woman to sail around the world via the great capes
33(5)
Karen Thorndike
former coach of three-time Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49ers
38(11)
Bill Walsh
It Starts With Discipline
Grammy-nominated violinist and Sony recording artist
49(6)
Hilary Hahn
legendary boxing referee and star of the Judge Mills Lane television show
55(5)
Mills Lane
winner of four swimming gold medals in the 1976 Olympic Games
60(6)
John Naber
first female justice of United States Supreme Court
66(7)
Sandra Day O'Connor
It's Intuitive, Intuitive, Intutive
high energy physicist and winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize
73(7)
Leon Lederman
founder and Chairman of sports marketing giant IMG, Inc
80(4)
Mark McCormack
award-winning choreographer acclaimed as the ``Mozart of modern dance''
84(5)
Mark Morris
physician whose 1960 invention led to chronic kidney dialysis
89(8)
Belding Scribner
You Have To Be Prepared to Work Very Hard
Hall of Fame manager of Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers
97(8)
Sparky Anderson
retired Major General and former Commander, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army
105(8)
Harry W. Brooks
biologist and author of 1968 best-seller, The Population Bomb
113(6)
Paul Ehrlich
Seattle Mariners two-time American League Batting Champion
119(8)
Edgar Martinez
You Can't Let Anything Stop You
renowned conductor and director of the Oregon Symphony
127(7)
James DePreist
renowned concert pianist who defected to U.S. in 1987
134(4)
Valadimir Feltsman
U.S. gymnastics medalist in the 1984 Olympic Games
138(9)
Kathy Johnson Clarke
first female captain (1995) and CEO (1999) of an America's Cup boat
147(8)
Dawn Riley
It's Ultimately About Perseverance
six-time winner of the Hawaii Ironman Championships
155(4)
Mark Allen
six-time holder of the world land speed record
159(7)
Craig Breedlove
two-time Emmy award-winning filmmaker
166(6)
Ken Burns
former U.S. Senator and 1996 Republican candidate for President
172(9)
Bob Dole
Risk Is An Essential Constituent
inventor of desktop publishing and founder of Aldus, Inc
181(7)
Paul Brainerd
member of the first American ascent of Mount Everest in 1963
188(7)
Tom Hornbein
award-winning jazz tenor saxophonist
195(6)
Don Lanphere
write/singer who founded America's first rock supergroup, The Byrds
201(8)
Roger McGuinn
It's Leading People Without Leading Them By The Nose
former coach of nine-time NBA Champion Boston Celtics
209(7)
Red Auerbach
founder and Chairman of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide
216(6)
Daniel J. Edelman
founder and President of Promise Keepers Christian ministry
222(6)
Bill McCartney
former music director of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
228(6)
Hugh Wolff
You Have To Face Your Own Terror and Pain
former Playboy model and centerfold turned AIDS activist
234(6)
Rebekkah Armstrong
award-winning concert cellist
240(6)
Lynn Harrell
Ultra-distance athlete and first person to swim from Bahamas to U.S.
246(8)
Diana Nyad
winner of the 1988 Olympic and 20 USTA Grand Slam titles in doubles tennis
254(9)
Pam Shriver
It's Using Your Life To Make A Difference
first woman to perform heart transplant surgery
263(7)
Margaret Allen
award-winning math teacher and the subject of the movie Stand and Deliver
270(7)
Jaime Escalante
President Emeritus of Notre Dame and winner of the Medal of Freedom
277(5)
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh
six-time Grammy-nominated mezzo-soprano and opera star
282(7)
Frederica von Stade
The Heart Of Success
289(6)
Afterword 295
John Wooden

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