Racing to Win: Establish Your Game Plan for Success

by Joe Gibbs

Book Overview

Joe Gibbs is the only coach in history who has won prestigious championships in two world-class sports: NFL's Super Bowl and NASCAR's Winston Cup. A proven winner in motivating himself and others to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576739473
• ISBN13: 9781576739471
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Multnomah Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

God, Family, Career

Coach will help you get on the right track. No race car required. If you want help getting your life together, here it is! There are no big secrets, no get rich quick schemes. Truthfully many of us already have heard much of what Joe talks about. Unfortunately many of us weren't listening.This book may be a little light on in-depth views of racing and football. In the balance however, it encourages personal growth, spiritual growth, relationship growth (with God,family,friends and business associates)and most importantly everlasting life and an understanding of the most important playbook ever written.Thanks Joe!

I Could Hardly Put This Book Down

I can only remember finishing one book cover to cover in my lifetime......until this book. I love NASCAR and this book really inspired me to chase my dream and never ever give up. I can relate to some of the stories so maybe thats why I enjoyed it, but I have reccomended it to so many people. I was reading some of the other reviews and can't believe how people are downing Mr. Gibbs for being so religous in his writings. I dont know about you, but Im not perfect....and it never hurts to read an inspirational book like this to draw me closer to the kind of person I should be. Way to go Mr. Gibbs, A+ book!

More than I expected

This book was a pleasant surprise. I expected football and Nascar. Instead I was drawn into Joe Gibbs life. Joe described all the feelings and emotions that go along with unbridaled success and unplanned, catastrophic failure. Through all the trials and tribulations, Joe constantly refers and depends on his faith in God and the place it holds in his day to day walk. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the behind the scenes action of Nascar, the business side of professional football or the day to day decisions and life choices that come with being a christian.

Great book that makes you think about your values

I think that this is a great book and would recommend it to everyone. I think this is a great quote from his kids "We are stewards of what God has given us. The moment we believe that we are solely repsonsible for our own success, get ready, the bottom will soon drop out. Over and over we've heard our dad tell us that all we are going to leave behind are our family and the impact we have on others. One of his favorite sayings is "You never see a hearse towing a U-Haul".It is a very easy read and packed with great insightful and thought producing scenarios. It is a good book to read slowly and one that you can bookmark certain aspects of the book that you can go back to. Isn't that what a good book should do is make you think about your own values and what you want to contribute to society?

Right on Target!

Joe Gibbs speaks from his heart. While there are many people who will claim to have their secrets to success, Joe is very clear that his secrets are found in God's Word. He is honest and transparent in sharing from his personal life; both the "ups" and the "downs." By the way, he doesn't say that to have "success" is to necessarily be financially prosperous. Some have missed his point in thinking that this is what he's saying. He's not preaching "prosperity theology," "get God and get rich" or that kind of stuff. He's pointing out the things that really count in life and how these can be obtained. That's what takes 300 pages to get through our hard heads!Don't discount the book because you think he's just repeating the fact that God needs to be brought into the picture to make your rich (financially). He does need to be brought into the picture for true success. He discusses the real purpose in life. Something people today are ignoring. Joe points our attention to eternity and the success that will make a difference long after the NFL and NASCAR are gone!Take time, if you would, and look up the verse on the right tail light of Bobby Labonte's #18 Interstate Battery car. John 3:16 tells the real purpose in life and how to be successful.Thank you for taking time to give Joe Gibbs an opportunity to share from his heart. His book has given me much to think about.