Chapter One
Urgently Needed: Young Leaders
I was a young leader, but I didn't know it. When I was in high
school, sports was my passion. I played quarterback on the football
team a leadership position. I played point guard on the basketball
team a leadership position. I played catcher on the baseball team a
leadership position. But during those years that I was busy being a
leader at my high school, I never thought about what it meant to be
a leader. What's more, no adult ever mentored, taught, or coached me
in the practice and principles of leadership.
After high school, I went to college at Wake Forest University in
Winston Salem, North Carolina. At the start of my junior year, I was
tossed headfirst into an experience that galvanized me as a leader.
It occurred in November 1960, and it had to do with a basketball
gam ...
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