Quality of Effort: Integrity in Sport and Life for Student-Athletes, Parents and Coaches

The Quality of Effort honors student-athletes, parents, and coaches in youth and interscholastic sport with a focus on what's best for the student-athlete.

The 2013 edition invites student-athletes, parents and coaches to explore their unique and necessary roles in bringing about a healthy athletic experience. Reggie Marra writes from the heart and through the soul of a poet-athlete-teacher-coach-caregiver, who got cut from the team he later went on to coach.

Praise for the 2013 Edition

"As a former college athlete and leader of high-performance military units, I recommend Marra's work with unbridled enthusiasm.... [it] will not only produce better athletes, but also happier and healthier citizens as our youth grow and take their place in the world."- Fred Krawchuk, Retired U.S. Special Forces Colonel

"....Reggie offers a blueprint that encourages our children to become not only better athletes but better people. He delivers a powerful message filled with humanity and honest answers to questions that we sometimes think but may not want to ask."- Anthony Perrone, VP, Challenger Division, Cortland American Little League

"The Quality of Effort has helped me reinterpret my career as a professional athlete-providing both relief and direction....Reggie offers a map to tomorrow's competitive edge, a map that requires effort-not necessarily in doing more drills or pushups, but in taking responsibility for all aspects of your approach to life."- Ryan Leech, Professional Mountain Biker (Retired) and Professional Integral Coach(TM) https: //hub.rlc-mtb.com/feed

"The Quality of Effort is a profound embrace of Emerson's reminder that 'Life is a journey, not a destination'.... The book is an incredibly personal gift from Reggie to the reader, written through and with his bountiful, open heart."- Tom Rubens, Founder, The Accountability Factor http: //theaccountabilityfactor.com

"The Quality of Effort is an incredibly insightful guide for how to bring integrity and passion into sport as well as into life. Marra takes a truly integrated approach to the role of sport in life.... An added bonus here is that he...clearly speaks from the heart."- Michael Sallustio, Parent, Nutritional Consultant and Personal Trainer http: //annapolis-nutrition-fitness.com/

Praise for the 1991 Edition

"Reggie Marra cares about the everyday athlete. As I read The Quality of Effort, I had flashbacks to my high school playing days. I know that if I'd had this book back then, all of my athletic experiences would have been more productive and more enjoyable. This book will hit home for anyone who has ever competed in sports."
- Mike Breen, Sportscaster, New York

"Reggie Marra's unique book will help anyone who reads it put sport in its proper perspective. It should be on the reading list of all student-athletes and their parents." - Richard Lapchick, PhD, Director, Center for the Study of Sport in Society

"It says-and very well-what has been left unsaid about sports and competition. They are absolutely necessary for the development of the whole person. They educate not only the body, but through the body." - George Sheehan, MD, Medical Editor, Runner's World

I find the book obviously very instructive, but also highly challenging....I would like to see this book adopted for use at the college level in our teacher training institutions. Thanks for a very good book and some very challenging thoughts."
- Don King, Basketball Coach, Washington High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

"A totally comprehensive view on the development of the young athlete, and an enlightening approach for those who believe in the blue collar work ethic."
- Fran Clemente, Head Coach, Women's Basketball, Iona College