Tressel tells Canfield students his 'Big 10' for success i

CANFIELD

Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel returned to his teaching roots while visiting a sports literature class at Canfield High School Tuesday afternoon.

“I think any time you can get kids interested in reading and dialoguing and thinking about things they hadn’t thought about before, it’s really important,” Tressel said.

The Impact of Literature in Athletics class, started by English teacher Matt Koenig, was not only a vehicle to teach students about sports literature, but a way to teach students about life, Koenig said.

For the class, ninth-grade students were tasked with reading Tressel’s book, “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life.”

Tressel discussed his “Big 10” fundamentals for success from his book: attitude, discipline, faith, handling adversity and success, excellence, love, toughness, responsibility, team and hope.

An important overlap Tressel found in sports and life was the value of working as a team.

Read more about his talk in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.