Leigh Steinberg
Auteur van Winning with Integrity: Getting What You're Worth Without Selling Your Soul
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- Gangbare naam
- Steinberg, Leigh
- Officiële naam
- Steinberg, Leigh
- Geboortedatum
- 1949-03-27
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Newport Beach, California, USA
- Opleiding
- "University of California, Berkeley (BA)", "UC Berkeley, Boalt (JD)"
- Beroepen
- Sports Agent
- Korte biografie
- Leigh Steinberg is an American sports agent. During his nearly 40-year career, Steinberg has represented over 150 professional athletes in football, baseball, basketball, boxing, and Olympic sports. He has represented the No. 1 pick overall in the NFL draft a record eight times, a milestone unmatched within the sports industry. His client list has included Steve Bartkowski, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Warren Moon, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, Kordell Stewart, Jeff George, Ben Roethlisberger, Myron Rolle, Matt Leinart, Mark Brunell, Ricky Williams, Howie Long, Eric Karros, Dusty Baker, Lennox Lewis, Oscar de la Hoya, and John Starks. Steinberg is often credited as the real life inspiration of the sports agent from the film Jerry Maguire.
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- 2
- Leden
- 55
- Populariteit
- #295,340
- Waardering
- 3.3
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 7
Representing an impressive range of athletes, mostly in football but in other sports as well, Leigh Steinberg was the main inspiration for the Jerry Maguire character. Having fallen into sports agency somewhat by accident, in the ensuing 40 years, he has gone on to represent an impressive portfolio of athletes, developing personal relationships with them along the way.
In the age of sports scandals ranging from performance enhancing drugs to concussions, Steinberg is a breath of fresh air in his principled approach to the game, and it was interesting to learn about the player/agent relationship from the latter's perspective, one that we rarely get insight on. We also get to see some of the greatest superstars in modern sports--Steve Young, Warren Moon, Troy Aikman, Drew Bledsoe, Ben Roethlisberger--as young men in and just out of college, navigating their first taste of fame.
Steinberg's life was marred by difficulty in recent years, including a bout with alcoholism and financial troubles. While it's undoubtedly a difficult period for Steinberg to relive, I would have liked to hear more about his struggles in this regard (it only about 25 pages near the end of the book), if for no other reason than he is living proof that someone can conquer addiction and thrive in its aftermath. Still, an interesting read for a time when sports and athletes are coming under an increasingly powerful microscope.… (meer)