Overview
Everyone is a player in the game of life. But what takes some players to the top of the game and gives them that winning edge? In Simply the Best: Players on Performance, hockey veterans Mike Johnston and Ryan Walter talk to 10 of hockey's top players to discover what it takes to achieve winning performances. Interviewees include:. Hailey Wickenheiser. Jarome Iginla. Trevor Linden. Joe Sakic. Scott Niedermayer. Cassie CampbellWhether raising a family, playing team sports, working with a project team or simply being the best individual you can be, it's possible to maximize your potential as an individual. In Simply the Best: Players on Performance, you will discover how top players consistently achieve their very best. Their strategies are applicable to people from all walks of life and in all types of careers.
Synopsis
Simply the Best delivers rare insights on success straight from the hearts and minds of Stanley Cup winning coaches Scotty Bowman, Mark Crawford, Jacques Demers, Ken Hitchcock, and Mike Keenan. The book also features NHL and Olympic coaches Clare Drake, Dave King, George Kingston, Andy Murray, Roger Neilson, Pat Quinn, and Brian Sutter. Recognized as the greatest coaches in the game, these 'elite 12' openly discuss in their own words strategies that have made them successful. Coaching wisdom, as never before published, flows from the pages of this remarkable book. These world-renowned hockey visionaries take readers into the players' dressing room and onto the ice and explain what it takes to be a champion at hockey. But, as readers will see, these mastered principles of coaching success are also relevant 'off-ice' so that people in all walks of life, from managers to moms, can win their own Stanley Cups. The 12 coaches in Simply the Best have spent a lifetime in the pursuit of understanding how to win. Now so will you!