1. What sport did Pausch love as a 9-year child?
2. What was different about the first day of practice conducted by Jim Graham?
3. What did he learn from the experience?
4. What lesson did Pausch learn when Coach Graham kept criticizing his skills?
5. What advice did the assistant offer Pausch when he felt his was a failure?
6. How did Coach Graham teach kids self-esteem?
7. What did Coach Graham do on the first day of practice when they wanted water?
8. What did Pausch think about the coach’s actions then? How did he view is as an
adult?
9. What saddens Pausch about today’s kids?
10. Pausch says that Coach Graham was the master of the head-fake? Explain this.