Do You Love Football?!: Winning with Heart, Passion, and Not Much Sleep

by Jon Gruden and Vic Carucci

Book Overview

"I'm not a scratch golfer. I don't know how to bowl. I can't read the stock market. Hell, I have a hard time remembering my wife's cell phone number. But I can call 'Flip Right Double X Jet 36 Counter Naked Waggle at 7 X Quarter' in my sleep." Sleep? Well, Jon Gruden doesn't sleep much. Driven by a never-ending quest to learn and achieve, the NFL's hottest coach -- and youngest ever to win the Super Bowl -- gives readers field-level access to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060579447
• ISBN13: 9780060579449
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Exactly what you'd expect - a fun book to read

If you want x's and o's, this isn't the book. If you want to see where Jon Gruden has been and what he's done & thought in each place, this is the exact book for you. The writing style is conversational - you'll feel he's sitting in the room with you. You will not get bored. Criticisms that he didn't go into enough detail are unfair. At the end of the book, you'll wish it continued on to cover the last two seasons. I'd welcome a sequel.

football phenominon

This book is one of my favorites, one reason being that I love football. But you dont have to love football to like this book. In this book you read about how Jon Gruden, one of my favorite coaches works his way up his ladder of success. This book can teach you a lot about work ethic, motivation and self desire. He also talks about how he made it as far as he is right now because he had a great learning ability, wouldnt give up on any of his dreams and kept at what he wanted to do, be a profesional football coach. But there is one downside to this book as it is a very short book, but it is a very interesting and fun book to read. I had a realy good time reading this book and i hope you do too.

Great Coach, Good Book

I enjoyed spending a few hours with a person who truely loves and knows football. I have alot of respect for Jon as a coach and a person. I did get some insight on his career and his philosophies. He is a great motivator, that gets me charged up not only about football, but life in general.

Jon Gruden

Great guy, wonderful true story, told very well. It was very pleasant to read something that contained so much enthusiasm and that was so positive and upbeat. A must read full of insights and facts of the game.

Treasure Chest

I loved this book. I was hesitant to read it primarily because I have been a Miami Dolphin season ticket holder for 23 years and never really liked the Bucs. Also, Gruden beat the Raiders in the Super Bowl - a team my cousin plays for.But, I read the book in one sitting. The primary thing I take away from it is what I call a Treasure Chest of Knowledge.The success path of Jon Gruden should be studied by all because it a text book case study of how to acquire knowledge - you learn from others, you retain, and then you implement. We really should not be surprised of what he has ackomplished. So, he is now a Treasure Chest of Knowledge who will be with the NFL for a long time. And for that, I am thankful.One minor negative of the book is it lacks in-depth details of Al Davis and the Oakland Raiders. Jon held back on a lot of issues relative to the people in his past and did not go in-depth with slime, gossip, controversial statements, etc. But that is understandable because Jon is such a young man and will have to face his friends and foes down the road. Maybe he will spill his guts late in life.The quote "you get what you deserve" stands out, as it is mentioned several times in the book. That probably has to do with the football Gods mentioned on Page 242 (George Hallas, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, Bobb McKittrick, and Walter Payton, etc) making sure things even out somewhat in life. It is not a gut spilling book, but the quite theme of how to be successful is there if you read carefully between the lines. All those hours of tape study, copious note taking, learning from others, moving from state to state, absorbing information like a sponge, have paid off big time for Jon Gruden. Everyone should study the methods of Jon Gruden, as success leaves clues. PS: I'll predict know, one of this three boys grows up to be an NFL coach, one will become a doctor, and the jury is out on the third.Most importantly, I loved the book because you can really tell, HE LOVES FOOTBALL!