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C. Vivian Stringer
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Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
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published
2008
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12 editions
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“if you tell her she can come home just because she’s lonesome, then how is she going to grow up to be a strong individual, to stand on her own two feet as you know she will have to in this life? If you let her come home, how is she ever going to understand that she has to commit herself to fulfilling the responsibilities she’s taken on? She needs to grow up.”
― Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
― Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
“It’s hard to make and maintain friendships on a coaching schedule, and as a result, it can be a very lonely profession. If anything, I’d like to see more reaching out among the coaches in the women’s game. It means a lot to get a phone call from a colleague remembering a birthday or commemorating a milestone. I try to reach out that way, even if it’s to say, “I know things look bad out there right now, but you’ve got a fan in me.”
― Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
― Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
“When I started out as a coach, I never thought for a second that there would ever be so much written or so much said about my work. I had always been driven, but by a love of the game and a sense of responsibility to the teams I coached, not by ambition.
I was going to be a gym teacher, and Bill was going to be a gym teacher, too. We were going to have a white picket fence and two children and a dog, and live happily ever after. That's a pretty decent level for us, I thought - more than what our parents had had, for sure, and enough to make them proud.
The rest of this - well, who would have guessed?”
― Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
I was going to be a gym teacher, and Bill was going to be a gym teacher, too. We were going to have a white picket fence and two children and a dog, and live happily ever after. That's a pretty decent level for us, I thought - more than what our parents had had, for sure, and enough to make them proud.
The rest of this - well, who would have guessed?”
― Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
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