Genre: Nonfiction—Sports &
Motivational
Completed: 18 January 2012
Summary & Review:
Former USC football coach
Pete Carroll offers his personal philosophy on coaching and competing, called “Win
Forever.” After explaining how he developed this program, Carroll illustrates
how the principles in the philosophy properly applied lead him and the USC
Trojan football team to seven straight Pac-10 titles and seven straight BCS
bowl appearances including two national championships and two Heisman Trophy
winners. At the core of the program is the mantra, "Always Compete."
My
older brother Jay gave me this book for Christmas 2011, mainly as a joke. Being a
Florida State alumnus, he is no USC football fan. But, I had fun reading it.
When Carroll was in full motivational/inspirational mode, I got a little bored.
But, when he was relating behind the scenes stories about some of those
legendary Trojan football teams and players, I really liked it.
Carroll
left USC under less than auspicious circumstances, and I thought the way he
handled that in the book was hilarious. He made it sound like he was just ready
for his next challenge and made no mention of the impending NCAA sanctions and
certain personal embarrassment that would accompany those. Personally, I think those NCAA sanctions were
idiotic and the way that the NCAA enforces its arbitrary rules is inconsistent,
to say the least.
Coach
Carroll thinks he has a winning philosophy here, and his record at USC seems to
serve as evidence for that.
Rating: 6.0
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