A hand to guide me / [compiled by] Denzel Washington, with Daniel Paisner.
In his debut as an author, Denzel Washington shares his personal story of the mentors who helped guide his life--more than 70 of America's leading personalities in theater, sports, business, and politics who in turn tell their life-changing stories of mentorship
Record details
- ISBN: 9780696236556
- ISBN: 9780696230493
- ISBN: 0696230496
- Physical Description: 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Des Moines, Iowa : Meredith Books, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | So that we might follow / Denzel Washington -- What we called second base / Hank Aaron -- Fighting for something greater / Muhammad Ali -- Revelations / Debbie Allen -- "You can do this" / Walter Anderson -- Personal service / John Antioco -- Somebody's always watching / Eddie Armstrong -- Getting better, each time out / Notah Begay III -- Passing it on / Yogi Berra -- Happy town / Chick Big Crow -- A career decision / George Bodenheimer -- By example / David Boies -- Aura of a queen / Jimmy Carter -- Always there / Swin Cash -- Red Bridge Club / Wesley Clark -- Paying attention / Bill Clinton -- Second fastest runner in Orlando / Johnny Damon -- That constant voice / Dominique Dawes -- Setting goals / Socrates De La Cruz -- Second banana / Jamie Farr -- Finding Fish / Antwone Fisher -- Fundamental things / Danny Glover -- A kick in the stomach / Whoopi Goldberg -- Giant within / Tony Gonzalez -- Escape the norm / Omar Gooding -- Baby, run on / Glenda Hatchett -- My skips / Chamique Holdsclaw -- Middle path / Phil Jackson -- Sweat and spirit / Donna Richardson Joyner -- A kind of grace / Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- A clear-sighted awareness / John Kasich -- More flies with honey / Patrick J. Kelly -- Patience and perseverance / Anna Kournikova -- A hardship and a blessing / Kelly Zimmerman Lane -- Wind beneath my wings / Tara Lipinski -- Mental toughness / Mario Lopez -- Sister Eleanor / Edward A. "Monk" Malloy -- Just play / Willie McGinest -- Small town / John Mellencamp -- Roll or fold / Daryl "Chill" Mitchell -- Complete person / Joe Morgan -- Perfect seam / Toni Morrison -- Awake and sing / Leonard Nimoy -- Sweepin' the clouds away / Holly Robinson Peete -- Fortunate son / Bill Perocchi -- One hundred percent / Matthew F. Pottinger -- It takes a tribe / Colin L. Powell -- Manna from heaven / Bonnie Raitt -- Next time / Ahmad Rashad -- Only way I know / Cal Ripken, Jr. -- Taking grounders / Alex Rodriguez -- Long may you run / Joan Benoit Samuelson -- Right decision / Ron Sargent -- Prescriptions for success / John Schuerholz -- Effort is everything / Bud Selig -- See it now / Bernard Shaw -- Oh man, I've become my father / John Singleton -- First responders / Dennis Smith -- Each one, teach one / Stan Smith -- Don't be ordinary / Roxanne Spillett -- Pride of a Yankee / George M. Steinbrenner III -- In spirit / Gloria Steinem -- God's gift / Ruben Studdard -- Speaking into our lives / Courtney B. Vance -- Best I could with what I had / Michael Vick -- In a heartbeat / Manny Villafana -- "I believe in you" / Antonio R. Villaraigosa -- Most important day / Dick Vitale -- Head and heart / Kerry Washington -- One clear call for me / David Wolper -- Game of work / Martin Wong -- Into a great tomorrow / The bottom of things / David Woodward -- Beyond the rim / James Worthy -- Path to purpose : closing thoughts / Denzel Washington. |
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Subject: | Celebrities > United States > Biography. Role models > United States. Success > United States. Mentoring. Conduct of life. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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