The Pep Talk : a football story about the business of winning /
Kevin Elko, [and] Robert L. Shook
- United States of America : Thomas Nelson, 2008
- xii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Introduction -- The Meeting in the Diner -- The Pep Talk -- The Lincoln-Jacktown Game -- After the Big Game and Whatever Happened to...? -- Pre-reunion -- The Reunion -- The Scrapbook -- Coffee at the Diner -- Piecing Together the Puzzle -- The Pep Talk Revisited -- 12 Business Lessons from The Pep Talk -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments.
"The Pep Talk is a sports story-with solid business applications-about an underdog football team defeating a formidable opponent. Typically, a novelette of this type peaks at the end of the game, but it's in the pep talk where the real story begins."