Reviews for Less Than A Minute To Go

In this fast-paced read Dr. Thierfelder pulls back the curtain to reveal the psychological and physical training secrets of world-class professional athletes and Olympians alike. This “Pro-Sport Doctor” and Sports Agent rattles the cage of traditional training techniques to produce immediate, remarkable and quantifiable, results. He leaves zero margin for excuses or mediocrity and unabashedly reminds all of us that virtue and hard work are currency in our everyday lives. This is so much more than another self-improvement book; it is a blue print for turning your peak performance into a common occurrence. Less Than A Minute To Go is as appropriate and necessary for a business person, parent or military leader as it is for a coach. If you are leading anybody (and we are all leading somebody) you need to read, Less Than a Minute To Go!
Michelle Holden
Leadership and Management Consultant

Dr. Bill Thierfelder has been at the forefront of uncovering the essentials needed to become a peak performer. Now Dr. Bill’s innovative concepts is for our reading enjoyment. Less Than A Minute To Go, is a treasure trove of new ideas and a holistic approach to optimizing performance; by unifying the mental, physical and spiritual makeup of the human person. This book will help you become a better you!
Ron Meyer
Creator and Host of Blessed2Play –“Sports Radio with Heart and Soul”

Bill Thierfelder has taken sports to a whole new level in this comprehensive look behind the scenes as an Olympian, sports agent and president of one of the best small colleges on the planet. He will show you there is an alternative to the muscle breaking steroid pill taker, the whiny athlete who is making millions and the coaches who are taking down sums a dozen or more times than the President. Bill has been at all the Big Scenes and offers a moral turn to the road of athletics whether it be at the American Legion field or the Yankees! Bill shoots with .50 caliber automatic bullets at the current sports scene and if you are there, or just curious, read this with your headlights and siren on!
H.A. (Humpy) Wheeler
CEO of the Wheeler Company and Member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame

As a 5x Major League Baseball All-Star, there were many times where I was “in the zone.” The crowd was silent, the baseball moved in slow motion looking like a beach ball and everything that could go right did. Away from the baseball diamond, my heart yearned to “be in the zone” as well where I could have peace and joy despite the circumstances in my life. Dr Bill’s book will help you play your game and live your life “in the zone!” This book will not only help you to be the greatest athlete you can be but it will inspire you to be the SAINT God calls you to be.
Mike Sweeney
Former Kansas City Royal, now Studio Analyst for the Major League Baseball (MLB) Network

I just wanted to relay a quick story involving your recent excellent book. My daughter is currently a High School senior at Peninsula Catholic High School in Newport News, Va. She is a very faithful Catholic and serious student and her path to college selection has led her in your direction. We visited BAC ten days ago, toured the campus, visited the Adoration chapel, attended Mass and met with the Cross Country father and daughter coaching team. The night we arrived in Charlotte, I began reading your book. I just finished it this past weekend and have been recommending it to everyone. This morning, I met with Peninsula Catholic’s Principal and AD on a controversial issue involving one of the coaches. I am Chairman of the Athletic Advisory Board for the school and one of the roles of the Board is to assist with ensuring adherence to Catholic traditions and teachings. In the course of our discussion, I mentioned the story about St. Philip Neri and the plucked chicken, and then strongly recommended to the AD that he get a copy of your book and read it. Much to my surprise, he told me that he had received a copy in the mail (from you) the day before and had just started reading it. As my father always says, there are no coincidences. I hope he will share it with all of his coaches.
Bob McKenna

Dr. Thierfelder has authored a terrific book that studies the exploration of sports and easily transfers winning strategies to our everyday lives. His unique writing ability closely teaches us how to separate daily challenges into winning moments. It is a book for teachers and leaders as well as for those searching to achieve bigger and better things.
Tom Benson, Owner New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans

This is a outstanding book that should be assigned reading for every educator and coach at the elementary, high school , college & university level. Parents would also benefit from reading it and clearly their children would be the beneficiaries of informed, pragmatic, wise and compassionate caregivers.
Margaret Monaghan

Those of us in athletics education and administration (I am the commissioner of an NCAA conference) often perceive championship performance only in terms of points, time or trophies. This book recognizes the benefit of student athletes and their mentors striving for those measures of championship performance and goes further to explore and suggest the path to championship performance for a lifetime and even beyond.

I am providing copies to athletics directors in our conference and will encourage them to share with those on their campuses. Coaches and administrators will find specific skills and ways to benefit motivated athletes. Students will be exposed to the habits, attitudes and sacrifice required to navigate competition and life. Faculty and others not directly in athletics see and appreciate the similarities of outstanding performance regardless of the discipline.

The examples and stories make it a good read. The life lessons and integration of physical, mental and spiritual peak performance make it a great read.
Alan Patterson, Commissioner Conference Carolinas

This is a book about choosing your goals. Well written. Excellent advice to people of all ages. I’ve given this book to many people and all have loved it.
MJ

You don’t have to be an athlete to get what this book is about. It’s a great leadership book. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Melisa Torres

Since his days as an Olympian, later as a longtime member of the American College of Sports Medicine, a Knight of Malta and most recently, as the President of Belmont Abbey College, Dr. Bill Thierfelder is known by the company he keeps. For example, the Foreward to his new book, “Less Than a Minute to Go” is written by his good friend, the Coach of Duke’s basketball team, Mike Krzyzeski. Having one of the winningest and most ethical coaches in sports offer his praise for Dr. Bill’s book encouraged me to consider thoughtfully what follows.

What impressed me most about reading Less Than a Minute to Go, was not just Bill’s perspective as a sports psychologist but more importantly how this man of faith, weaved in his Catholic beliefs into such a readable story. I have already passed this book onto my boys and encouraged them to read it to my grandchildren. Finally, have grown up in the greater Chicagoland area, I was familiar with another famous coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg. What I someone how missed was Coach Stagg’s letter to his son (see page 166-167) If you purchase this book, it will be worth it if only to read Coach Stagg’s letter to his son.

As the founder of The Character Building Project site, I shamelessly lift Dr. Bill’s quote from Pope Pius XII which follows: “Sport, properly directed develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels the will to endurance.

Thank you Dr. Bill for providing your readers with the knowledge, “you always have a choice. No matter what happens to you in life, however much it appears to be out of your control, you are the one who decides how you’re going to deal with it.”
Michael Kerrigan

This book is a deep well that gave me great insights about myself and others. It is filled with great stories and practical tips about realizing your true potential and making the most all of your talents. I highly recommend it!
Gertrude the Great

 
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