A hand to guide me
By: [compiled by] Denzel Washington, with Daniel Paisner.
Contributors: Washington, Denzel, 1954-; Paisner, Daniel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Meredith Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Des Moines, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780696230493
Subjects: Celebrities -- United States -- Biography; Role models -- United States; Success -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: Highlighting the importance of everyday mentorship, a Hollywood star shares his personal story of mentoring and mentors who shaped his life, and introduces the life-changing stories of more than seventy of America's leading personalities.
Table of contents: title: So that we might follow / Denzel Washington; title: What we called second base / Hank Aaron; title: Fighting for something greater / Muhammad Ali; title: Revelations / Debbie Allen; title: "You can do this" / Walter Anderson; title: Personal service / John Antioco; title: Somebody's always watching / Eddie Armstrong; title: Getting better, each time out / Notah Begay III; title: Passing it on / Yogi Berra; title: Happy town / Chick Big Crow; title: A career decision / George Bodenheimer; title: By example / David Boies; title: The aura of a queen / Jimmy Carter; title: Always there / Swin Cash; title: The Red Bridge Club / Wesley Clark; title: Paying attention / Bill Clinton; title: The second fastest runner in Orlando / Johnny Damon; title: That constant voice / Dominique Dawes; title: Setting goals / Socrates De La Cruz; title: Second banana / Jamie Farr; title: Finding Fish / Antwone Fisher; title: The fundamental things / Danny Glover; title: A kick in the stomach / Whoopi Goldberg; title: The giant within / Tony Gonzalez; title: Escape the norm / Omar Gooding; title: Baby, run on / Glenda Hatchett; title: My skips / Chamique Holdsclaw; title: The middle path / Phil Jackson; title: Sweat and spirit / Donna Richardson Joyner; title: A kind of grace / Jackie Joyner-Kersee; title: A clear-sighted awareness / John Kasich; title: More flies with honey / Patrick J. Kelly; title: Patience and perseverance / Anna Kournikova; title: A hardship and a blessing / Kelly Zimmerman Lane; title: The wind beneath my wings / Tara Lipinski; title: Mental toughness / Mario Lopez; title: Sister Eleanor / Edward A. "Monk" Malloy; title: Just play / Willie McGinest; title: Small town / John Mellencamp; title: Roll or fold / Daryl "Chill" Mitchell; title: The complete person / Joe Morgan; title: The perfect seam / Toni Morrison; title: Awake and sing / Leonard Nimoy; title: Sweepin' the clouds away / Holly Robinson Peete; title: Fortunate son / Bill Perocchi; title: One hundred percent / Matthew F. Pottinger; title: It takes a tribe / Colin L. Powell; title: Manna from heaven / Bonnie Raitt; title: The next time / Ahmad Rashad; title: The only way I know / Cal Ripken, Jr.; title: Taking grounders / Alex Rodriguez; title: Long may you run / Joan Benoit Samuelson; title: The right decision / Ron Sargent; title: Prescriptions for success / John Schuerholz; title: Effort is everything / Bud Selig; title: See it now / Bernard Shaw; title: Oh man, I've become my father / John Singleton; title: First responders / Dennis Smith; title: Each one, teach one / Stan Smith; title: Don't be ordinary / Roxanne Spillett; title: Pride of a Yankee / George M. Steinbrenner III; title: In spirit / Gloria Steinem; title: God's gift / Ruben Studdard; title: Speaking into our lives / Courtney B. Vance; title: The best I could with what I had / Michael Vick; title: In a heartbeat / Manny Villafana; title: "I believe in you" / Antonio R. Villaraigosa; title: The most important day / Dick Vitale; title: Head and heart / Kerry Washington; title: One clear call for me / David Wolper; title: The game of work / Martin Wong; title: Into a great tomorrow / The bottom of things / David Woodward; title: Beyond the rim / James Worthy; title: The path to purpose : closing thoughts / Denzel Washington.