A Season on the Brink
John Feinstein, 1986
A sportswriter spends a season inside Bob Knight's Indiana basketball program, capturing a brilliant, volatile coach and the young men who absorb his rage.
John Feinstein
Feinstein was given unprecedented access to Indiana's practices; the resulting book became a bestseller and was adapted into an ESPN film in 2002.
Feels like unease, ambition and power.
What it costs to believe the person hurting you is helping you.
Thomas cried. Smith comforted him. Thomas was facing the same question everyone who comes in contact with Knight faces sooner or later: Is it worth it? Does the end justify the means? He knew Knight just wanted him to be a better player. He knew Knight liked him and cared about him. He knew that if anyone ever attacked him, Knight would come to his defense. But was all that worth it for this? This was Knight at his meanest. Every player who comes to Indiana faces the screaming, raving Knight at some point in his life. Some leave because it isn’t worth it to them, but most stay. And most leave convinced Knight’s way is the right way. But now Daryl Thomas wondered. He had to wonder; he wouldn’t have been human if he hadn’t wondered, if he hadn’t cried. Books by John Feinstein
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