By Dick Gould with Tim Troupe Noonan
From the Foreword by John McEnroe
Anatomy of a Champion: Building and Sustaining Success in Sport, Business and Life is a unique "collective memoir" of 166 CEOs, entrepreneurs, coaches and NCAA and world champions, all of whom began their careers as players for legendary Stanford University tennis coach Dick Gould. In this invaluable resource for leaders in all walks of life, they share the critical principles of leadership, team-building and sustaining success they learned over 40 years and later applied in their subsequent careers in sports, business, medicine, education and a variety of other fields.
"Dick's extraordinary success in developing great players, supporting their academic endeavors, and forging great teams is unsurpassed in NCAA tennis history. His book gives insights into his holistic approach, and we can all learn, whatever our profession, from this outstanding coach and exceptional man." —Condoleezza Rice
"[Dick Gould] has synthesized the views of 166 players he coached over 38 years of leading the Stanford tennis program and created a powerful picture of what it took to build and guide an enduring, high performing organization." —Jerry Porras
From the Foreword by John McEnroe
Anatomy of a Champion: Building and Sustaining Success in Sport, Business and Life is a unique "collective memoir" of 166 CEOs, entrepreneurs, coaches and NCAA and world champions, all of whom began their careers as players for legendary Stanford University tennis coach Dick Gould. In this invaluable resource for leaders in all walks of life, they share the critical principles of leadership, team-building and sustaining success they learned over 40 years and later applied in their subsequent careers in sports, business, medicine, education and a variety of other fields.
"Dick's extraordinary success in developing great players, supporting their academic endeavors, and forging great teams is unsurpassed in NCAA tennis history. His book gives insights into his holistic approach, and we can all learn, whatever our profession, from this outstanding coach and exceptional man." —Condoleezza Rice
"[Dick Gould] has synthesized the views of 166 players he coached over 38 years of leading the Stanford tennis program and created a powerful picture of what it took to build and guide an enduring, high performing organization." —Jerry Porras
Tim Troupe Noonan
Gould’s collaborator, Tim Troupe Noonan, was a member of one of Stanford’s early national championship teams and once ranked among the top 200 tennis players in the world. In his subsequent career he is a professional historian and an acclaimed author and ghostwriter of over 35 books in a variety of disciplines. His magazine articles have appeared in Life, American History Illustrated, Forbes FYI, Tennis, and many other publications.