Earvin "Magic" Johnson, who retired from the NBA when he was diagnosed as being HIV-positive, shares advice on safe sex. In the book, Hayes and Fudzie quote Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., the Apostle Paul and Gandhi, Alexandre Dumas and Toni Morrison, expounding the value of education. Harper-Collins published a revised and updated version in 2001, Your Brain is a Muscle Too: How Student-Athletes Succeed in College and in Life, which is also the workshop's title.Īndre Hayes, '03.
Books, James proposed, would reach high school students and help prepare them when they received athletic scholarship offers for college.ġ996, Hayes and Fudzie self-published The Sport of Learning: A Life Skills Book for Student-Athletes. At that time, Hayes and former teammate Vincent Fudzie, '88, held workshops teaching student-athletes life and academic skills through the African American Athletic Alumni Association, a Los Angeles-based, non-profit organization. "Why don't you write a book?" UW Football Coach Don James asked former Husky football player Andre Hayes, '87, a decade ago.
It includes colorful anecdotes and candid advice, including contributions from Magic Johnson, Jimmy Jackson, and Kenny Smith.Columns Magazine: March 2004 - First Take THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE Your Brain Is a Muscle Too offers guidance and heightens awareness in areas such as academics, interpersonal relations, money matters, time management, and the social transition from high school to college. While this book is invaluable for all students, it is the first book that addresses the specific concerns of African -Americans in a college setting. Insightful tips range from how to adapt to the intensity of the college environment to how to most effectively study for exams and how to avoid the pressures of drugs and alcohol.
Taking readers through all the steps toward success for student athletes - from obtaining athletic scholarships to finding the right sports agent - Your Brain Is a Muscle Too should be mandatory reading for every student athlete.
Written by two former college athletes, Your Brain Is a Muscle Too is an essential guide to success in the classroom and on the play field for any student athlete.
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