Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph and Success

432 Pages·2007·3.41 MB·english

by  John A. Sarkett

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Extraordinary
Comebacks
201 Inspiring Stories of Courage,
Triumph and Success
JOHN A. SARKETT
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This book is for everyone who is making,
or is about to make,
a comeback.
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
—Japanese proverb
“When the morning’s freshness has been replaced by
the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give
under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly
nothing will go quite as you wish—it is then that you
must not hesitate.”
—Dag Hammarskjöld
“Where there is no hope, one must invent hope.”
—Albert Camus
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments.............................................................xv
Introduction........................................................................1
Adventure
1. Sir Edmund Hillary................................................5
2. Admiral Robert Edwin Peary.................................7
3. Erik Weihenmayer.................................................9
Arts
4. Dame Julie Andrews....................................................11
5. Georgia O’Keeffe.........................................................12
6. Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses...............13
7. Pablo Picasso................................................................15
8. Norman Rockwell........................................................17
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Athletics
9. 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes..........................................19
10. 2004 Boston Red Sox................................................21
11. Andre Agassi...............................................................22
12. Muhammad Ali..........................................................24
13. Lance Armstrong.......................................................25
14.Paul Azinger...............................................................26
15. Billy Beane..................................................................29
16. James “Jimmy” J. Braddock......................................32
17. Jennifer Capriati........................................................34
18. Jimmy Connors..........................................................35
19. Roger Crawford.........................................................37
20. Glenn Cunningham...................................................38
21. Doug Flutie................................................................39
22. George Foreman........................................................42
23. Scott Hamilton..........................................................43
24. Lis Hartel...................................................................44
25. Tony Hawk.................................................................45
26. Ben Hogan.................................................................46
27. Lou Holtz...................................................................49
28. Ernie Irvan.................................................................50
29. Dan Jansen.................................................................51
30. Bruce Jenner...............................................................53
31. Earvin “Magic” Johnson...........................................54
32. Michael Jordan...........................................................55
33. Dean Karnazes...........................................................57
34. Bobby Knight.............................................................59
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35. Mario Lemieux..........................................................60
36. Rocky Marciano.........................................................62
37. Jim Morris..................................................................64
38. Ric Munoz..................................................................66
39. Joe Namath................................................................67
40. Jesse Owens................................................................68
41. Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige..................................69
42. Jimmy Piersall............................................................70
43. Wilma Rudolph.........................................................71
44. Rudy Ruettiger...........................................................73
45. Monica Seles..............................................................74
46. Karen Smyers.............................................................75
47. Roger Staubach..........................................................77
48. Karoly Takacs.............................................................78
49. Kurt Warner...............................................................79
50. Charlie Wedemeyer...................................................81
51. Ted Williams..............................................................82
52. Tiger Woods..............................................................84
Business
53. Wally “Famous” Amos..............................................87
54. Mary Kay Ash............................................................89
55. Dale Carnegie............................................................90
56. Jim Clark....................................................................92
57. Mark D. Cook............................................................95
58. Clive Davis.................................................................96
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59. Paula Deen.................................................................98
60.Ken Dychtwald........................................................100
61. Chris Gardner..........................................................101
62. Bill Gates..................................................................103
63. Lee Iacocca...............................................................105
64. Steve Jobs.................................................................106
65. Ray Kroc...................................................................109
66. Larry Kudlow...........................................................111
67. Judy Resnick.............................................................112
68. Colonel Harland Sanders........................................115
69. George Soros...........................................................117
70. Donald Trump.........................................................118
71. Ted Turner...............................................................119
Film, Television, and Show Business
72. Lucille Ball...............................................................121
73. George Burns...........................................................122
74. Art Carney................................................................123
75. Dick Clark................................................................125
76. Walt Disney.............................................................126
77. It’saWonderful Life...................................................128
78. Quincy Jones............................................................129
79. Jack Klugman...........................................................130
80. Lisa Kudrow.............................................................131
81. Al Pacino..................................................................132
82. Christopher Reeve...................................................133
83. Burt Reynolds..........................................................135
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84. Joan Rivers...............................................................137
85. Edward G. Robinson...............................................139
86. William Shatner.......................................................140
87.Sylvester Stallone.....................................................141
88. Jimmy Stewart..........................................................146
89. The Flying Wallendas.............................................148
Justice
90. Erin Brockovich.......................................................151
91. Nelson Mandela.......................................................152
Literature
92. Joseph Brodsky.........................................................155
93. Tom Clancy..............................................................157
94. Janet Evanovich.......................................................158
95. Stephen King...........................................................159
96. Louis L’Amour.........................................................160
97. Jack London.............................................................161
98. Herman Melville......................................................163
99. Arthur Miller............................................................165
100. John Milton............................................................166
101. J. K. Rowling..........................................................167
102. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)........................170
103. Aleksandr Solzenitsyn............................................171
104. Shinkichi Takahashi...............................................173
105. Studs Terkel............................................................175
106. James Thurber.......................................................176
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