From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love

From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love

From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love

From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love

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Overview

New York Times Bestseller

The record-holding two-time NBA champion and recently inducted hall-of-famer reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth memoir.

Playing in the NBA for eighteen years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record books as the original king of the three-point shot. Known as one of the hardest-working and highest-achieving players in NBA history, this most dedicated competitor was legendary for his sharp shooting. From the Outside, complete with a foreword by Spike Lee, is his story in his words: a no-holds-barred look at his life and career, filled with behind-the-scenes stories and surprising revelations about the game he has always cherished.

Allen talks openly about his fellow players, coaches, owners, and friends, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett. He reveals how, as a kid growing up in a military family, he learned about responsibility and respect—the key to making those perfect free throws and critical three-point shots.

From the Outside is the portrait of a gifted athlete and a serious man with a strongly defined philosophy about the game and the right way it should be played—a philosophy that, at times, set him apart from colleagues and coaches, while inspiring so many others, and lead to the most pivotal shot of his career: the unforgettable 3-pointer in the final seconds of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Throughout, Allen makes clear that success in basketball is as much about what happens off the court as on, that devotion and commitment are the true essence of the game—and of life itself.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062675491
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/21/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 278
Sales rank: 796,990
File size: 15 MB
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About the Author

Ray Allen, the most prolific three-point shooter of all time, played in the NBA for 18 years, winning two championships (2008 Boston Celtics, 2013 Miami Heat). Allen, who went to the University of Connecticut, was the 1996 Big East Player of the Year. As a pro, he averaged more than 20 points a game for 10 straight seasons.

 


Michael Arkush is an award-winning sportswriter and has written thirteen books, including The Last Season with Phil Jackson, The Big Fight with Sugar Ray Leonard, "Rush!" the bestselling unauthorized biography of Rush Limbaugh, and Fairways and Dreams. Arkush lives in Oak View, California, with his wife, Pauletta.

Table of Contents

Foreword Spike Lee ix

1 The Shot of a Lifetime 1

2 Go South, Young Man 11

3 High School and High Hopes 31

4 Go North, Young Man 49

5 What Was in Storrs for Me 67

6 Setting the Stage 87

7 The Buck Starts Here 103

8 Jesus and George 121

9 The Suck Stops Here 139

10 Soaring in Seattle 155

11 Shipping Up to Boston 173

12 Ring in the New Year 193

13 So Close, and Yet … 217

14 The Final Move 239

Epilogue Passing the Baton 259

Acknowledgments 267

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