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One Easter in the early '90s I was taken to a bookstore and allowed to pick out a book. For whatever reason I chose _One Knee Equals Two Feet_, the 1988 John Madden book. I absolutely devoured it. Seeing Madden on TV often reminded me of it. I still think about it. [1/N]
And I thought about it recently when I read Alex Ferguson's _Leading_, on @tylercowen's strong endorsement. Expert coaches know _so much_ about psychology, prioritization, themselves--and, of course, their sports. [2/N]
(Here I think also of a wonderful @bomani_jones thread about just how much cultural knowledge Nick Saban must have--how many kinds of living rooms can he not just embarrass himself in but *shine* in?) [3/N]
Anyway, _One Knee Equals Two Feet_ dominated my intellectual life in the way of books I read before the Internet. And a 5.25" original Madden floppy somehow worked on our first home computer. Football was a big part of my childhood. Madden, the persona, was so much of that. [4/N]
To this day I recall passages from _One Knee Equals Two Feet_. And, as I think about it, I am probably underinvesting in books by coaches. All recommendations welcome, but for now #RIPMadden. [5/5]
I think about this sometimes—like pretty much any time Dawn Staley speaks, or the Adia Barnes press conferences from the Final Four earlier this year
I watch ~zero sports these days; I'm sure I'm missing a lot (but programming is fun!). I think it's hard to separate this from a childhood as a baseball person? Other sports / modern versions of sports seem so advanced by comparison. [1/2]
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