Leading With the Heart

The program is about how Duke's legendary basketball coach treats his college players like family. He understands them and teaches them responsibility, honesty, integrity, and group responsibility. By leading with his heart, Coach K puts energy into developing his players' characters rather than the number of wins. He tells them to focus on the individual choices a player has instead of blaming others or competing with them. Above all, he understands loyalty and gratitude, and gives heartfelt praise for his parents and the teachers/coaches who supported him along the way. Though Coach K is a flat speaker, the program is anything but flat because his life is such a model of integrity and his story is told with moving eloquence. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine


Get out the steak and potatoes. Make that two steaks. Put Tape One into the cassette player. Revel in the testosterone-soaked voice of Richard M. Davidson as he confidently strides through this book. Coach K, the men's basketball coach at Duke University, has some important words for us, lessons we can learn from his success as a coach. Davidson is right there with us, using his voice to urge us on. His clear, resonant baritone makes his stories relevant and his voice alternately hardens when the team needs discipline, and softens when they've lost a tough one. Listen again. Do it. Succeed! R.I.G. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine