The Agent
My 40-year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"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 industrydominance, 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.
Subjects:
Steinberg, Leigh.
Sports agents -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects.
Steinberg, Leigh.
Sports agents -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects.
ISBN:
1250030420
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BIOGRAPHY Steinberg, Leigh | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |