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The agent : my 40-year career making deals and changing the game / Leigh Steinberg with Michael Arkush ; [foreword by Warren Moon].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinberg, Leigh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steinberg, Leigh.
- Sports agents--United States--Biography.
- Sports agents.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- "Leigh Steinberg is renowned as one of the greatest sports agents in history, representing such All-Pro clients as Troy Aikman, Bruce Smith, and Ben Roethlisberger. Over one particular seven-year stretch, Steinberg represented the top NFL Draft pick an unheard of six times. Director Cameron Crowe credits Steinberg as a primary inspiration for the titular character in Jerry Maguire, even hiring Steinberg as a consultant on the film. Lightyears ahead of his contemporaries, he expanded his players' reach into entertainment. Already the bestselling author of a business book on negotiation, the original superagent is now taking readers behind the closed doors of professional sports, recounting priceless stories, like how he negotiated a $26.5 million package for Steve Young--the biggest ever at the time--and how he passed on the chance to represent Peyton Manning. Beginning with his early days as a student leader at Berkeley, Steinberg details his illustrious rise into pro sports fame, his decades of industry dominance, and how he overcame a series of high-profile struggles to regain his sobriety and launch his comeback. This riveting story takes readers inside the inner circle of top-notch agents and players through the visionary career of Leigh Steinberg, the pre-eminent superagent of our time"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781250030429
- 1250030420
- OCLC:
- 844728155
- Online:
- Cover image
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