19 Top nonfiction books like No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach by Gene Wojciechowski

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No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

By: Gene Wojciechowski

4.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary Oklahoma coach, a candid and inspiring memoir. When Bob Stoops took over as foo…

"When you make excuses, you're just trying to justify failure."

-Gene Wojciechowski, No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

If you liked the nonfiction plot in No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach by Gene Wojciechowski , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

By: Phil Knight

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight share… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"We must all be professors of the jungle."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"maybe the cure for any burnout is to work harder."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to—equally important qualities in a friend."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"Beating the competition is relatively easy. Beating yourself is a never-ending commitment."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

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2. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Le… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season by Wayne Coffey, Urban Meyer

3. Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

By: Wayne Coffey , Urban Meyer

4.16

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Remarkable lessons in leadership and teambuilding from one of the greatest college football coaches… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football
"Our unit leaders pulled their guys in close with last-minute notes about what to expect and words of encouragement."

-Wayne Coffey, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

"They encouraged each other as they suffered through ridiculously hard workouts. They pushed each other. They coached each other. They made each other better."

-Wayne Coffey, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

"You do not make it through SEAL training without the support and encouragement of the guys around you. It is in the crucible of training that the bond—the uncommon commitment—of the SEAL brotherhood …"

-Wayne Coffey, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

"It seems to me that solitude is the very essence of leadership. The position of the leader is ultimately an intensely solitary, even intensely lonely, one. However many people you may consult, you ar…"

-Wayne Coffey, Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

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4. Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable

By: Tim S. Grover

4.26

Format: 999 pages, Paperback

For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats--Michael Jordan, Kobe … read more

Similar categories in Tim S. Grover's Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable book and Gene Wojciechowski's No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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5. Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court

By: Jay Bilas , Coach K.

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The popular ESPN basketball analyst and former Duke player looks at the… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography by Lou Holtz

6. Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography

By: Lou Holtz

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. Th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football

7. Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity

By: Chris Fabry , None , None

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team--and fa… read more

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8. War Room

By: Michael Holley

3.59

Format: 83 pages,

Sports commentator and bestselling author Michael Holley will follow three NFL teams from training … read more

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9. Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.57

Format: None pages,

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10. Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life

By: Tony Dungy

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victor… read more

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11. Bootlegger's Boy

By: Barry Switzer , Bud Shrake

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

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12. Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great

By: Joshua Medcalf

3.86

Format: 368 pages,

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13. You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television

By: L. Jon Wertheim , Al Michaels

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television's most respected broadcasters … read more

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14. The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)

By: Ken Follett

4.24

Format: 737 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge… read more

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Cover of Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

15. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

By: David Goggins

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Best SellerOver 5 million copies soldFor David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare --… read more

Similar categories in David Goggins's Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds book and Gene Wojciechowski's No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done"

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

"No one is going to come help you. No one's coming to save you."

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

"You are stopping you, you are giving up instead of getting hard."

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

"You can be born in a fucking sewer and still be the baddest motherfucker on earth."

-David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

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16. Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum, #26)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.10

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Stephanie Plum's career has taken more wrong turns than a student driver on the Jersey Turnpike, an… read more

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"Some men enter a woman's life and screw it up forever."

-Janet Evanovich, Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum, #26)

"I helped myself to coffee and brought it to the little kitchen table. I'd eaten baby food at that table, and I'd done my homework at it too. The refrigerator and the stove got changed out, but the ta…"

-Janet Evanovich, Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum, #26)

Cover of Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum, #27) by Janet Evanovich

17. Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum, #27)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.04

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

From “the most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times), the twenty-seventh thrilling ent… read more

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"...I walked Grandma to the front door and gave her a hug. 'I love you,' I said to Grandma. 'I love you, too,' Grandma said. 'Maybe that's why God gave us death. So, we remember to love what's alive."

-Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum, #27)

Cover of Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger

18. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

Similar categories in Arnold Schwarzenegger's Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life book and Gene Wojciechowski's No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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19. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

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20. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)

By: William H. McRaven

4.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of  Make Your Bed —a short, inspirational book of advice and… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Own the Day, Own Your Life: Optimised practices for waking, working, learning, eating, training, playing, sleeping and sex by Aubrey Marcus

21. Own the Day, Own Your Life: Optimised practices for waking, working, learning, eating, training, playing, sleeping and sex

By: Aubrey Marcus

3.93

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

Revolutionise your life one day at a time with this empowering handbook designed for men and women … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Out of the Pocket : Football, Fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays by Kirk Herbstreit

22. Out of the Pocket : Football, Fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays

By: Kirk Herbstreit

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A powerfully intimate, plain-spoken memoir about fathers and sons, fortitude, and football from the… read more

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  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant

23. The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

By: Kobe Bryant

4.26

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant has decid… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
"You have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light"

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"Good coaches tell you where the fish are, great coaches teach you how to find them."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"If you want to be a better player, you have to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"If you really want to be great at something you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

Cover of Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn't) by Mike Florio

24. Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn't)

By: Mike Florio

3.54

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The story of a modern NFL that can’t get out of its own way—and can’t stop making money In recent … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs by Jimmy   Johnson

25. Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs

By: Jimmy Johnson

4.21

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From FOX NFL Sunday analyst and legendary Hall of Fame head football coach Jimmy Johnson—the first … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World by Ryan Holiday

26. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Heart and Steel by Bill Cowher

27. Heart and Steel

By: Bill Cowher

4.38

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, inspirational story about football, family, and love from Bill Cowher, the Super Bowl–w… read more

Similar categories in Bill Cowher's Heart and Steel book and Gene Wojciechowski's No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
"That's the beauty of football: You don't have to be a great player or great athlete to be a part of it. It's a sport that destroys divided teams and rewards those who rely on one another. At its best…"

-Bill Cowher, Heart and Steel

Cover of The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life by Joe Maddon

28. The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life

By: Joe Maddon

4.00

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

Lessons in baseball enlightenment from three-time MLB Manager of the Year Joe Maddon. No one sees … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Tiger & Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry by Bob Harig

29. Tiger & Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry

By: Bob Harig

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Flip the Script: Lessons Learned on the Road to a Championship by Ed Orgeron

30. Flip the Script: Lessons Learned on the Road to a Championship

By: Ed Orgeron

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The path to success is never easy. In Flip the Script you will learn the life-changing lessons of l… read more

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  • sports
Cover of No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach by Gene Wojciechowski

31. No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

By: Gene Wojciechowski

4.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary Oklahoma coach, a candid and inspiring memoir. When Bob Stoops took over as foo… read more

Similar categories in Gene Wojciechowski's No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach book and Gene Wojciechowski's No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
"When you make excuses, you're just trying to justify failure."

-Gene Wojciechowski, No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach

12 Best biography books like No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach by Gene Wojciechowski

Transform Your Habits

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season

Wayne Coffey , Urban Meyer

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography

Lou Holtz

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

David Goggins

4.32

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16 Best sports books like Flip the Script: Lessons Learned on the Road to a Championship by Ed Orgeron

Transform Your Habits

I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory

Daniel Paisner , Ray Lewis

4.01

Transform Your Habits

That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory

John Eisenberg

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football

Rich Cohen

4.50

The Way of the Fight

Georges St-Pierre

3.83

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