Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 272
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4930-2665-4 • Paperback • September 2016 • $14.95 • (£11.99)
978-1-4930-2382-0 • eBook • September 2015 • $13.99 • (£10.99)
Caron Butler is a veteran NBA All-Star and a dedicated member of the community. He is extremely active with organizations that specialize in youth outreach, especially in his hometown of Racine, Wisconsin. In addition to his extensive philanthropy Butler is also a burgeoning businessman with plans to own an NBA team in the future. He lives in Beverly Hills, California.
Steve Springer is the author and co-author of twelve books including a New York Times Bestseller, American Son: My Story—Oscar De La Hoya’s autobiography—and two Los Angeles Times Bestsellers. He lives in Woodland Hills, California.
“Caron is an unbelievable role model, someone who got into trouble when he was young, then turned his life around and set a shining example for others. Everybody who meets him, myself included, walks away in awe. When he was traded from the Heat, I felt like I was losing a brother. Young kids who read this book will learn that, though they will make mistakes in life, the most important thing is how they respond to their troubles. Caron responded in a manner that inspires all who know him.”
—Dwyane Wade, guard for the Miami Heat
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“This story is as good, as dramatic, and as inspirational as any I’ve dealt with in my professional career. Caron Butler should be applauded for turning his life around, for morphing into a role model, and for sharing his story so that others might learn from his example. This is not a basketball book as much as it is a book about life, a life of transformation and redemption.”
—Mark Wahlberg, Producer/Actor
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“Caron Butler was one of the greatest players who ever wore a Heat uniform. Had we not needed to include him in a deal to get Shaquille O’Neal, Caron would have been here for the rest of his career. We considered him that good, someone who had Heat DNA, the qualities we always look for: great integrity, character and toughness, an ultra-competitor. It was very sad for me to see Caron go, but it’s made me very happy to know that he has written a book and wanted his old coach to be included in it.”
—Pat Riley, former coach and current President of Basketball Operations for the Miami Heat
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