Remember This Titan: The Bill Yoast Story: Lessons Learned from a Celebrated Coach's Journey As Told to Steve Sullivan

by Steve Sullivan

Overview

Bill Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the inspirational hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in racially charged Alexandria, Virginia, in 1972. Will Patton played Yoast's role and Denzel Washington played the role of Head Coach Herman Boone. Uniting in a common effort, Yoast and Boone led T.C. Williams High School to an undefeated season, and in the process brought the school and polarized community together. The real-life Yoast is even more compelling than his film version. At one time, the former World War II veteran considered going into the ministry. Fortunately, for the hundreds of young men and women whose lives he helped mold, he found his calling in coaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589793361
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	08/13/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	419,824
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.68(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Steve Sullivan is a popular motivational speaker whose books have sold over 100,000 copies. He lives in North Haven, Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

"The story is not so much that of a high school football coach, but of a person who learned his greatest life lessons the hard way—by living them."

The Daily Times Delmarvanow.Com - S. Wayne Carter Jr.

While the film permits only a snapshot of the saga that has been Mr. Yoast's life, Mr. Sullivan's biography captures the spirit, the tragedies and the victories behind the icon... His candor is striking and apparent in the book, which is crafted with straight-talking honesty. As Richard Ardia writes in the foreword, 'Steve Sullivan tells it like it was and not the way it should have been.'

Litchfield County Times - Rebecca Ransom

"This moving saga reveals how players and their coaches, functioning as a team, manage in the end to overcome their mistrust and animosity. The book speaks to the strengths of football, and it does so eloquently."

The Wall Street Journal - Boomer Esiason