Relentless : unleashing a life of purpose, grit, and faith
(2020)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/TESH,J

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir MEMOIR/TESH,J Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, [2020]
©2020
DESCRIPTION

xvi, 239 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781400208715, 1400208718 :, 1400208718, 9781400208715
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Tesh describes how the obstacles that shaped him--including being suspended from college, living homeless for months, and facing a deadly disease--shaped his remarkable life. You'll hear how Tesh became the youngest correspondent at WCBS News less than thirty-six months after he was working at a gas station and sleeping in a public park. You'll go inside the unconventional way he composed the now-iconic theme song for NBC Sports basketball and how he and his wife, Connie Sellecca, created the popular, nationally-syndicated Intelligence for Your Life radio program. From live commentary for two Olympic Games to his decade-long role as co-host of Entertainment Tonight and the outrageous gamble that resulted in one of the most successful Public Television concert specials in history, you'll learn how Tesh applied his unique process of focused practice, grit, and perseverance while maintaining a single-minded pursuit of his goals. In 2015, he fought and received treatment for a stage-three cancer diagnosis, but when the cancer returned, he and his wife turned to relentless faith and divine healing scriptures to manifest a victory over the disease