Week 28: The Game
Week 33: Be Accountable to Your Team
Week 41: Let Your Reputation Speak for Itself
Week 43: Be Willing to Change Positions
Week 45: Defy the Odds and Win
Week 49: Be Versatile in Everything You Do
Week 51: Use Your Unique Ability
IN THE BOOK MICHIGAN MOTIVATIONS, written by former Michigan football player Cyle Young and his coauthor, Del Duduit, you will find a collection of University of Michigan football stories, including some of the most exciting football games ever played by Wolverine teams across the ages. Not only do Cyle and Del capture the excitement and suspense of each of these historic Michigan football games, they also leave the reader with great inspirational and insightful life lessons that everyone can relate to in their day-to-day victories and losses.
These stories cover the full breadth of the history of Michigan football, from the early days of Michigan’s first football teams to Fielding H. Yost’s point-a-minute program. This book goes well beyond the introduction of the winged helmet by Fritz Crisler and utilizes pivotal moments in the history of the game to help mold and shape readers into Michigan Men and Women, cut from the same cloth as the likes of Schembechler, Carr, and Harbaugh.
As a player for the University of Michigan, Cyle lived through some of these games and learned firsthand the lessons of life that can come from the football field at U of M and playing on one of the biggest stages in college football today. I love how he recaps two football games that I played in at Michigan, with the 1980 team the 1981 Rose Bowl win (Bo Schembechler’s first Bowl win) and the Indiana versus Michigan, John Wangler–to–Anthony Carter, last-second homecoming win in 1979.
Winner of over 950 games and 11 national and 42 conference titles, the University of Michigan football team has left a winning legacy on the field. With the help of Michigan Motivations, Wolverine fans can take that same winning legacy into their workplaces, homes, schools, and communities.
Cyle and Del capture the heart of Michigan’s classic games! They would have made my old coach Bo Schembechler very proud of this book.
—George Lilja
I NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN able to attend the University of Michigan without the generous love and support of my mother and father. A hearty thanks to Chris and Candice Young, who helped to make me a Michigan Man. Their many sacrifices paved the way for me to play football from an early age all the way through college.
I also want to thank my football coaches who made a lasting impression on my life. Thank you to Pete Gilliam, who helped me learn to love the sport; Shawn Watton, who always pushed me to be better; and Bobby Morrison, who recruited me to Michigan. A final thank you to Coach Brady Hoke, who made four years of Michigan football fun and exciting.
Thank you to my teammates Gary Rose, Brodie Killian, Adam Adkins, and Eric Warner. You were the greatest roommates I could have asked for. And a final thank you to Del Duduit for writing this book with me.
—Cyle
Thank you to my wife, Angie, for your love and encouragement. I’m grateful for the many hours you spend editing my work and thank you for always standing by my side in support as I pursue my love of writing. I couldn’t do this without you, and I love you so much.
Thank you to Cyle Young, my agent and coauthor of this book, for working with me on this project. You inspire me to take chances, and I appreciate the many doors you have helped to open for me. It was great to work together with you to make this project
