The Believer Magazine
Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes
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As youths, we are encouraged to play sports so we can build character and gain leadership skills. But professional athletes are often symbols of bloated egotism and excess. So when a professional athlete writes a self-help book, should you take their advice? Miles Wray will let you know what he thinks.
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October 23, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Consider the Austin: A Review of Beyond Center Court by Tracy Austin
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September 3, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Very Smiley Football Robot: A Review of Game Changer by Kirk Cousins
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August 18, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: The World’s Most Private Memoirist: A Review of Character Driven by Derek Fisher
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June 25, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Take It Easy and Only Work a Hundred Hours This Week: A Review of How Good Do You Want to Be? by Nick Saban
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May 30, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Yakkin’ ’Round the Water Cooler: A Review of Game Time
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May 6, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Another B-Ballin’ Corporate Synergist: A Review of The One-Day Contract by Rick Pitino
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April 18, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Putting the Biscuit in the Basket: A Review of Go for the Goal by Mia Hamm.
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March 28, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Love Means Nothing: A Review of Serving From the Hip by Venus and Serena Williams
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March 6, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: The B-Ballin’ Corporate Synergist: A Review of The Winner Within by Pat Riley
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February 13, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Confetti Rains on the Hugging Coach: A Review of Win Forever by Pete Carroll
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January 21, 2014Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Punching the Clock in These Gyms: A Review of The Mental Handbook by Dre Baldwin
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December 12, 2013Reviews of Self-Help Books by Professional Athletes: Olympian vs. Texas Department of Corrections: A Review of On the Right Track by Marion Jones
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