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Hard Work is a successful coach's memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams' competitive fire. --Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer Hard Work is a successful coach s memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams competitive fire. Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer -A star coach tells his inspiring tale . . . by the end of this engaging tale, you'll realize why Williams is an unparalleled recruiter . . . He works as hard as anyone, and he knows how to tell a good story.- --Sports Illustrated -Hard Work is a successful coach's memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams' competitive fire.- --Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer -If Roy Williams has a secret it is that he is the same person now that he was when I first met him as Dean Smith's No. 3 assistant many, many years ago. This book is a clear reflection of that man--hard working but loyal, dogged, self-deprecating, and, at his core, one of the world's truly good people.- --John Feinstein -A near perfect embodiment of the American Dream.---Kirkus Reviews -Hard Work is a successful coach's memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams' competitive fire.- --Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer A star coach tells his inspiring tale . . . by the end of this engaging tale, you'll realize why Williams is an unparalleled recruiter . . . He works as hard as anyone, and he knows how to tell a good story. --Sports Illustrated Hard Work is a successful coach's memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams' competitive fire. --Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer If Roy Williams has a secret it is that he is the same person now that he was when I first met him as Dean Smith's No. 3 assistant many, many years ago. This book is a clear reflection of that man--hard working but loyal, dogged, self-deprecating, and, at his core, one of the world's truly good people. --John Feinstein A near perfect embodiment of the American Dream. --Kirkus Reviews Hard Work is a successful coach's memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams' competitive fire. --Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer A star coach tells his inspiring tale . . . by the end of this engaging tale, you ll realize why Williams is an unparalleled recruiter . . . He works as hard as anyone, and he knows how to tell a good story. Sports Illustrated Hard Work is a successful coach s memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams competitive fire. Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer If Roy Williams has a secret it is that he is the same person now that he was when I first met him as Dean Smith's No. 3 assistant many, many years ago. This book is a clear reflection of that man hard working but loyal, dogged, self-deprecating, and, at his core, one of the world's truly good people. John Feinstein A near perfect embodiment of the American Dream. Kirkus Reviews Hard Work is a successful coach s memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams competitive fire. Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer

A star coach tells his inspiring tale . . . by the end of this engaging tale, you'll realize why Williams is an unparalleled recruiter . . . He works as hard as anyone, and he knows how to tell a good story. --Sports Illustrated Hard Work is a successful coach's memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams' competitive fire. --Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer If Roy Williams has a secret it is that he is the same person now that he was when I first met him as Dean Smith's No. 3 assistant many, many years ago. This book is a clear reflection of that man--hard working but loyal, dogged, self-deprecating, and, at his core, one of the world's truly good people. --John Feinstein A near perfect embodiment of the American Dream. --Kirkus Reviews

A star coach tells his inspiring tale . . . by the end of this engaging tale, you'll realize why Williams is an unparalleled recruiter . . . He works as hard as anyone, and he knows how to tell a good story. <strong>--Sports Illustrated</strong> Hard Work is a successful coach's memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams' competitive fire. --<strong>Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer</strong> If Roy Williams has a secret it is that he is the same person now that he was when I first met him as Dean Smith's No. 3 assistant many, many years ago. This book is a clear reflection of that man--hard working but loyal, dogged, self-deprecating, and, at his core, one of the world's truly good people. --<strong>John Feinstein </strong> A near perfect embodiment of the American Dream. --<strong>Kirkus Reviews</strong>

A star coach tells his inspiring tale . . . by the end of this engaging tale, you'll realize why Williams is an unparalleled recruiter . . . He works as hard as anyone, and he knows how to tell a good story. -- Sports Illustrated

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Writer TIM CROTHERS was for many years a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated before returning home to Chapel Hill to teach in the School of Journalism at UNC, his alma mater. He is the author of The Man Watching, a biography of Anson Dorrance, the legendary coach of the UNC Womens Soccer Team.ROY WILLIAMS head coach of the University of North Carolina mens basketball team, the Tar Heels, has the highest winning percentage in NCAA history. Over the last seven years, the 58-year-old Asheville, N.C., native—who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007—has won 205 games, including 24 in the NCAA Tournament. Thats more Final Fours, more wins, and more NCAA Tournament victories than any basketball coach in the nation.

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