The Right Call What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life

An NPR best book of the year * New York Times bestseller

The Washington Post sportswriter and New York Times bestselling author of the “fascinating” (The Wall Street Journal) The Real All Americans presents a love letter to the extraordinary coaches and athletes she has covered over the years and the actionable principles of excellence they embody.

Sportswriter Sally Jenkins has spent her entire adult life observing and writing about great coaches and athletes. With her engaging and expert prose, she has helped shape the way we view these talented sports icons. But somewhere along the line, she realized, they had begun to shape her.

Now, she presents the astonishing inner qualities in these same people that pushed them to overcome pressure, elevate their performances, and discover champion identities. Based on years of observing, interviewing, and analyzing elite coaches and playmakers, such as Bill Belichick, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, and more, Jenkins reveals the seven principles behind success:

-Conditioning
-Practice
-Discipline
-Candor
-Culture
-Resilience
-Intention

Discover how you can apply these same principles to your life and become your own champion. Colorful, inspirational, and accessible, The Right Call is the one stop shop for anyone wanting to learn how to effectively elevate themselves to greatness.

Sally Jenkins has been a columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post for over twenty years. She was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a winner of the Associated Press Red Smith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Sports Journalism. She has been named a columnist of the year four times each by the Associated Press and is the author of several books including The Right Call, The Real All Americans, and Sum It Up. Her writing has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Golf Digest, and more. In 2005, she was the first woman to be inducted into the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. She received her degree from Stanford University in 1982 and now lives in New York.