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Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love Audiobook, by Larry Bird Play Audiobook Sample

Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love Audiobook

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Read By: Tom Stechschulte Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: September 2014 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781490645346

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

17

Longest Chapter Length:

48:43 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

01:13 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

33:15 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Even if you thought you knew everything about basketball legend Larry Bird, this book is full of surprises. Bird speaks with amazing candor, offering a personal and honest look at his career with the Celtics, his experience with the '92 Olympics Dream Team, and his transition from superstar player to respected coach. Bird offers striking revelations about his health problems and how they shaped the man and his game. He shows how the things he learned as a player formed his thinking as a coach. He also shares his insight into the Pacer's disastrous 1999 playoff loss. Fans will be thrilled with the game talk, intimate anecdotes, and reminiscences with which Bird colors his stirring story. Overall, this is a compelling self-portrait of an uncomplicated man of humble beginnings who has achieved a great deal through hard work and integrity. Narrator Tom Stechschulte lends a strong, rich voice to Bird's revealing memoir. His perfectly paced delivery enhances the sense of play-by-play action and the feeling that the Bird Man himself is telling you his personal story.

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“Of all the superlatives continually heaped upon Larry…none is more significant or revelatory than the declaration that Bird was the best because he elevated the game of his teammates.”

— Library Journal

Quotes

  • “[Larry Bird] is certainly a rare bird. He’s not afraid to ruffle feathers. And he’s not afraid to tell his truth.”

    — Amazon.com, editorial review
  • “An endearingly honest self-portrait of a humble man who has made the most of his opportunities.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • “Bird is an uncomplicated man who has attained a great deal through hard work, dedication, and loyalty. And when Bird talks basketball, people listen.”

    — Booklist
  • “Courtside seats to one of the game’s greatest, most driven and pained figures.”

    — Kirkus Reviews

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About the Authors

Dick Hill, named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, is one of the most awarded narrators in the business, having earned several Audie Awards and thirty-four AudioFile Earphones Awards. In addition to narrating, he has both acted in and written for the theater.

Tom Stechschulte has narrated well over a hundred audiobooks and has won many AudioFile Earphones Awards. He won the prestigious Audie Award in 2009 and has been a finalist for the Audie in 2005 and 2011. As an actor, he has been seen in eleven Broadway shows as well as numerous television and film shows, including the remake of The Manchurian Candidate. He was featured on one of the most famous episodes of The Incredible Hulk ever, September 1979’s “Blind Rage.”

About Tom Stechschulte

Tom Stechschulte (1948–2021) was an acclaimed narrator and winner of the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He had been a college athlete and business major when a friend dared him to audition for a play. He got the part and traded the locker room for the dressing room, eventually taking him to New York City and to recording audiobooks.