Trade Off
About this book
How does a young basketball star become the close friend and trainer for world-class boxer, Roy Jones Jr.? Through compassion for others, a spirit of integrity, and the willingness to make trade-offs. At the tender age of seven, AlfySmith found his purpose in life. Giftedwith phenomenalathletic skill, he wasbound for theNBAuntil a smallinjury incollege inflictedhuge consequences. Buthe perseveredand traded one dream for another. "The trade-off leads to the payoff, " he says. A chance meeting with Roy Jones Jr. led toa coachingopportunity, access to celebrities, and travelsaround the world. Most of all, itinspired adeep friendship with a man who became closer than a brother. Trade-Offsharesexhilarating stories oftriumph andheartwrenching talesof defeat. Its pages hold timeless lessons of love, loss, and leadership from one-of-a-kind character, "Big Al."
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Table of contents
- Title
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. Where It All Started
- 2. Newness
- 3. Oh Yeah, It Feels So Good
- 4. Feelin’ It
- 5. Bring Back the Memories
- 6. Competition
- 7. School
- 8. Crucial
- 9. Can You Stand the Rain?
- 10. I’m Coming Home
- 11. Best Man
- 12. Boys to Men
- 13. Dream Girl
- 14. That’s the Way We’re Livin’
- 15. Is This the End?
- 16. Heart Break
- 17. Been So Long
- 18. With You All the Way
- 19. Who Do You Trust?
- 20. Rewrite the Memories
- 21. Since I Don’t Have You
- 22. Try Again
- Acknowledgements
- Photos
- Footnotes
- Copyright
