When Pride Still Mattered

A Life Of Vince Lombardi

By: David Maraniss

Narrated by: David Maraniss

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Path Lit by Lightning comes a groundbreaking biography that captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning.

Coach Lombardi

Great book. Vince Lombardi taught so many lessons beyond the game of football. He is still the best coach in the history of the NFL!

pretty intersting

thought it was pretty good, interesting guy. Was hoping it would dig a little more into his mindset

Great!

Great story about a great man! A must read for football fans, specially Green Bay Packers fans!

Not bad but missing the "enthusiasm"

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes, was informative

Was When Pride Still Mattered worth the listening time?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Its a good story but I wanted to feel real pride-something was missing from the actual story

A real man

Would you consider the audio edition of When Pride Still Mattered to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version but I prefer the audio.

Have you listened to any of David Maraniss’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I am a first time listener.