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All You Can Be
All You Can Be

All You Can Be

Learning & Growing Through Sports
By Dwight Howard, By John Denton

All You Can Be

JUVENILE NONFICTION

48 Pages, 10.75 x 10.75

Formats: Cloth, PDF

PDF, $16.99 (EU $13.99) (CA $18.99) (AU $18.99) (US $16.99)

ISBN 9781617497209

Rights: WOR

Triumph Books (May 2012)

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Overview

Professional athlete Dwight Howard shares hard-earned lessons and tips for accomplishing goals in this encouraging resource. Growing up in Atlanta, his goal was to be the number one pick in the NBA draft, a dream that became a reality for him in 2004 after a successful high school athletic career. Artwork made by children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida accompany Howard's stories, exemplifying their own goals and illustrating the themes of the book.

Author Biography

Dwight Howard is a center for the Orlando Magic. After winning the Naismith, Gatorade, and McDonald's Player of the Year awards in high school, he decided to forego college to realize his lifelong dream of playing in the NBA. Since his rookie season, the five-time NBA All-Star has consistently averaged double-doubles in points and rebounds and has been named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for three straight seasons. John Denton is a staff writer for the University of Central Florida's athletics communications who has won several national writing awards, including three Best of Gannett awards. His Knights Insider stories appear several times per week on UCFAthletics.com and he has worked extensively with ESPN, reporting for First Take and SportsCenter and writing for ESPN.com. He is a former journalist for the Jackson Sun and Florida Today, covering the University of Central Florida, the Orlando Magic, and the NFL.

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