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Steve Nash : the unlikely ascent of a superstar / Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange.

by Feschuk, Dave

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Random House Canada, 2013.

796.323092 N253f

Nash, Steve, 1974-

National Basketball Association.

Basketball players -- Canada -- Biography.

Basketball players -- Biography.

Success -- Psychological aspects.

Sports -- Biography.

9780307359476 (hc.)

0307359476 (hc.)

215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

"The story behind the success of one of Canada's greatest athletes, NBA all-star Steve Nash. A small man in a big man's game, a white man in a game dominated by black men, a rare Canadian in a US-based industry, the unlikely rise of Steve Nash, from Victoria high school to Hollywood hardwood, is compelling proof that great things await those who refuse to accept less of themselves. Nearly two decades into a Hall of Fame-bound career, Nash is a two-time MVP, an eight-time all-star and wearer of one of the league's top-selling jerseys. And no one but Nash saw it coming. The extraordinary story of drive, confidence, commitment and learning to do without that post-game beer that turned a Canadian's improbable NBA dream into the stuff of sporting legend. Nash is one of the best athletes in the world, when factors like coordination, vision, balance and work ethic are given weight alongside size, speed and power. It is a myth that Nash overcame his upbringing in Canada to make it in the NBA: growing up in Victoria, B.C., in the mid-1980s was more likely why he turned into the player he did. Revealing, playful and a perfect read for any sports fan, Steve Nash is the inspiring story of the consummate athletic outlier"--Provided by publisher.

Grange, Michael.

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