From the Outside - Paperback

by Ray Allen (Author), Michael Arkush (Author), Spike Lee (Foreword by)

Playing in the NBA for eighteen years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record books as the original king of the three-point shot. Known as one of the hardest-working and highest-achieving players in NBA history, Allen here reflects on his work ethic, his on-the-court friendships and rivalries, the great teams he's played for, and what it takes to have a long and successful career in sports.

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Ray Allen, the most prolific three-point shooter in history and a two-time NBA champion, has often felt outside the NBA's culture of lavish celebrity and embittered rivalries. Despite his dynamic success on the court, Ray's fierce work ethic, determination, and introspective attitude have set him apart from his peers. It is this mentality that has allowed him to achieve what few others can: pure focus amid the noise around him.

In From the Outside, Allen recalls his younger days as the son of an Air Force engineer; opens up about his fellow players, coaches, owners, and friends, including George Karl, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Rajon Rondo, and Paul Pierce; and provides an insider's view to a career in the NBA.

This is the portrait of a gifted athlete and a complex man with a highly defined philosophy about the game and how it should be played. According to Allen, success in basketball is as much about what happens off the court as on, and that teamwork, loyalty, devotion, and commitment are the true essence of the game--and life itself.