Trade Off

by Alfy Smith

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How does a young basketball star become the close friend and trainer for world-class boxer, Roy Jones Jr.? Through compassion for others, a spirit of integrity, and the willingness to make trade-offs. At the tender age of seven, Alfy Smith found his purpose in life. Gifted with phenomenal athletic skill, he was bound for the NBA until a small injury in college inflicted huge consequences. But he persevered and traded one dream for another. "The trade-off leads to the payoff," he show more says. A chance meeting with Roy Jones Jr. led to a coaching opportunity, access to celebrities, and travels around the world. Most of all, it inspired a deep friendship with a man who became closer than a brother. Trade-Off shares exhilarating stories of triumph and heart wrenching tales of defeat. Its pages hold timeless lessons of love, loss, and leadership from one-of-a-kind character, "Big Al." show less

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Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports and Leisure, Economics
DDC/MDS
330.9410857Social sciencesEconomicsEconomicsEconomic geography and historyEuropeBritish Isles -- Scotland, IrelandGreat Britain [by current use]
LCC
HF1421 .S658Social sciencesCommerceCommerce
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