Making Your Own Luck: From a Skid Row Bar to Rebuilding Indiana University Athletics - Couverture souple

Glass, Fred

 
9780253059451: Making Your Own Luck: From a Skid Row Bar to Rebuilding Indiana University Athletics
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ISBN 10 : 0253059453 ISBN 13 : 9780253059451
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2021

Synopsis

One man's odyssey from skid row to rebuilding a major collegiate sports program.

In Making Your Own Luck, former Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass recounts how even a self-described "knucklehead" learned to be prepared to recognize and seize opportunities and thus make his own luck through life.

Growing up in a skid row bar, having an alcoholic father, struggling with anxiety and self-doubt, and making his share of stupid mistakes, Glass had much to contend with in early life. However, supported by socially enlightened parents, a Jesuit education, and his soulmate, Barbara, his odyssey has led him to serve a mayor, a governor, a senator, and even a president.

With great humor and insightful reflection, Glass details how he helped keep the Colts in Indianapolis--he spearheaded a massive convention center expansion and the building of Lucas Oil Stadium and even helped to attract the Super Bowl to his hometown. Any of these accomplishments individually would be more than enough to call Glass's career a resounding success, but they were only the beginning. In the latest stage of his journey, Glass led the rebuilding of the athletic program of his beloved alma mater, Indiana University.

Featuring a foreword from IU alumnus and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, Making Your Own Luck is a must-read not only for Indiana sports fans, but for anyone that recognizes the importance of preparation, opportunity and action in creating your own success.

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À propos de l?auteur

Fred Glass is a prominent Indianapolis attorney and civic leader who served as Indiana University's athletic director for nearly twelve years and is now a partner in the law firm Taft, Stettinius & Hollister. He and his wife Barbara have four children and a son-in-law and daughter-in-law, all of whom are Indiana University graduates, as well as five grandchildren.

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Éditeur
Indiana University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0253059453
ISBN 13 
9780253059451
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0253059461 ISBN 13 :  9780253059468
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2021
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