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<p>Foreword <i>Mike Krzyzewski</i> xiii</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Chapter 1 Be Ready for Change and Adventure 9</b></p> <p>Opportunity Knocks 10</p> <p>My First Meeting with Coach K 13</p> <p><b>Chapter 2 Creating “Choice Not Chance” 17</b></p> <p>We Are All Products of the Choices We Make 18</p> <p><b>Chapter 3 The Underdog, Fighter Mentality 23</b></p> <p>A Navy Brat Grows Up 24</p> <p>Wherever They Live, Kids Need to Be Motivated 26</p> <p>Role Models Help Me Develop My Skills 27</p> <p>Nurturing Interest and a Desire to Improve 31</p> <p>Graduation Approaches 34</p> <p><b>Chapter 4 Nobody Likes Whiners 39</b></p> <p>Arriving at Northwestern and Fighting for Playing Time 40</p> <p>A Coaching Change 42</p> <p>My First (Bittersweet) Taste of the NCAA Tournament 46</p> <p><b>Chapter 5 Money Alone Won’t Make You Happy 51</b></p> <p>What Am I Going to Do with My Life? 52</p> <p>Following a Passion: My Return to Basketball 54</p> <p><b>Chapter 6 Never Be Afraid to Try Something and Make a Mistake 59</b></p> <p>Making a Commitment and Sticking with It 60</p> <p>Things Begin to Make Sense 63</p> <p>A Nearly Fatal Mistake 67</p> <p><b>Chapter 7 Seek Out Mentors: There Is No Substitute for Experience 73</b></p> <p>Why the Scoreboard Is Irrelevant: Play the Game to Attack and Compete 74</p> <p>Learning from Failure 77</p> <p>Seek Out the Wisdom of Others 83</p> <p><b>Chapter 8 Not All of Your Players (or Employees)Will Get Along with Each Other 93</b></p> <p>The Other Side of Success 94</p> <p>Learning Balance, Restoring Energy 97</p> <p>Expectations for the Future 99</p> <p><b>Chapter 9 Life Is More than the Game 107</b></p> <p>Away from the Court, My Priorities Change 108</p> <p>Team in Transition 109</p> <p>New Developments on the Court and in My Life 113</p> <p><b>Chapter 10 Set High Team Goals While Motivating on an Individual Level: No Two Players (Just Like No Two Employees)Are Exactly Alike 123</b></p> <p>Arriving at Michigan State 124</p> <p>Lessons from Tom Izzo and Lonny Rosen 126</p> <p>Motivating a New Team 129</p> <p>Managing Conflict 133</p> <p><b>Chapter 11 Everybody Has to Be Challenged to See How Good They Can Become 139</b></p> <p>Challenges and Progress at Michigan State 140</p> <p>Always Measure Your Accomplishments 143</p> <p><b>Chapter 12 Step Back and Reassess Your Priorities 147</b></p> <p>How Can We Improve? What Can We Do Better? 148</p> <p>Refusing to Give Up, No Matter the Opponent 150</p> <p><b>Chapter 13 A Message from Coach Smith and Coach Wooden 159</b></p> <p>Winning Isn’t Always about Who Has the Best or Most Talented Players 160</p> <p>Coming Close Creates Added Motivation 163</p> <p><b>Chapter 14 Coach K Teaches, “Do What You Came Here to Do” 167</b></p> <p>Moving On 168</p> <p>Meeting Another Challenge 174</p> <p>Getting to Work at Duke 175</p> <p>Coach K Gives Me the Message I Need When I Need It 179</p> <p>My First Big Win at Duke 180</p> <p>Transition at Work and at Home 182</p> <p><b>Chapter 15 You Have to Seek Out the Changes—and See How You Need to React to Them—to Make the Team (and Your World) Better 187</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 16 Recruiting Is a True Test of Will,Discipline, Character, and Evaluation Ability 197</b></p> <p>Getting the Right Group of Players 198</p> <p><b>Chapter 17 Competitive Cauldron 207</b></p> <p>Acknowledgments 219</p> <p>University of Maine and Michigan State University 220</p> <p>Duke University 221</p> <p>Index 223</p>

<p><b>JOANNE P. M^{<small>C</small>}CALLIE</b> is Head Coach of the Duke Women's Basketball team. The ACC Coach of the Year in 2010 and AP National Coach of the Year in 2005, she's in her fifth season at the helm of the Blue Devils' program. M^cCallie became the first coach in Division I history to be crowned champion in four different conferences, as well as the first coach in NCAA history to garner "coach of the year" accolades in four different leagues. She has accumulated more than 450 wins as a head coach at Maine, Michigan State, and Duke. As a coach and player, M^cCallie has led her teams to nineteen conference titles, three NCAA Final Fours, and three NCAA National Championship Games. <p><b>ROB RAINS</b> is the author of twenty-eight nonfiction books including autobiographies of Ozzie Smith and Jack Buck. He is currently sports editor of the <i>St. Louis Globe-Democrat</i>, an online daily newspaper, and an adjunct professor in the school of communications at Webster University.

<p><b>Choose to be a champion.</b> <p>Throughout her pioneering career in college basketball, Coach Joanne P. M^cCallie has followed a simple philosophy: <i>Choice, not chance, determines destiny</i>. <i>Choose to become a champion in life</i>. From her first head coaching position at age 26 to her current role as head coach for the Duke Blue Devils, M^cCallie has enjoyed sharing these principles with her winning teams and the youth in the communities where she and her family have lived. <p>Now you can apply this tested approach to your work and life challenges with <i>Choice Not Chance</i>. Going beyond M^cCallie's highlights and victories, this book reveals the daily work her leadership demands, including the sacrifices, setbacks, loneliness, and joys she experienced as she persevered in developing her beliefs. It also includes how she drew strength from other leaders, including Joe Ciampi, Tom Izzo, legendary Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski, and, briefly but poignantly, iconic women's basketball coach for NC State, Kay Yow. <p>In <i>Choice Not Chance</i>, you'll find universal, no-nonsense lessons for anyone who wants to be the best and inspire those around them. You'll learn to build stronger teamwork, make better and more effective decisions, and foster competition as you discover how to: <ul> <li>Think reasonably and make decisions based on reason over emotion</li> <li>Ignore the "scoreboard" and focus on what's important to be a process-driven thinker</li> <li>Attract the right people to work in your organization by virtue of your principles</li> <li>Lead under any circumstances</li> <li>Create a competitive cauldron and love what competition teaches</li> </ul> <p>Joanne P. M^cCallie's career highlights how deter-mination, hard work, and living passionately can energize us to go beyond our limits and achieve our dreams. Let her wisdom inspire you to pursue your highest goals in business and life, and make your success a matter of <i>Choice Not Chance</i>.

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