On and Off the Court

by Arnold J. "Red" Auerbach

Book Overview

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• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0025043900
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Scribner
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great book about basketball, business and life

Auerbach, as any reader of this book will know, is one of the most successful sports executives in American history. In this book, he weaves his story and his philosophy and really makes you see what makes him tick. This book could also double as a training manual for managers because Auerbach's success, according to him, lies in his ability to evaluate and motivate people. Any manager worth his salt would be better off reading this rather than one of those "Be A Better Manager in 22 Seconds" titles. A great read for sports fans and readers in general.

There have been many books written by/about Red Auerbach over the yrs., simply this is the best!

Arnold Red Auerbach is responsible for so much in Pro Basketball history, for anybody to ignore what this remarkable man has done would be tragic! He drafted the first black player in NBA history. He played the first black starter. He played the first black all starting five. He hired the first black Coach (Bill Russell, player-Coach) and the first black General Manager. Black baketball players especially should sent him $100/week out of their paychecks just for what he did in the past. Black athletes especially have the short- est memories in Pro Sports, so said Mike (PTI) Wilbon, a good one, back in 1987. Wilbon remains one of the best in Sports today. Auerbach wrote another book recently at aged 88. A very long life and a very good one, too. God bless, Red. Hoped the Celtics could win one more title be- fore you shuffle off this mortal coil!