When he was sixteen years old, Larry Miller
came home one
summer night to find all his possessions sitting in three bags on the
front
porch of his darkened house. The door
was locked. Out of
those troubled and humble beginnings rose a man whose
influence has touched many thousands, perhaps even millions, of people
worldwide.
From parts manager to general
manager to dealership owner,
his rise in the car business was legendary.
So was his front-row presence at Utah Jazz games after he bought
the NBA
to ensure it would stay in Utah-although his absence from Sunday games
may have
been noticed even more. But the
incredible scope of his efforts, both as an entrepreneur and as a
humanitarian,
is hard to fathom even by those who think they knew this man.
Seven months before Miller passed
away, he began working
with Doug Robinson on this biography.
Written in first person, the book presents the many facets of
Miller’s
life and legacy and speaks candidly about the people and circumstances
that
influenced him. It doesn’t just tell Larry
Miller’s story, it shares lessons-painful as well as joyful lessons-he
learned
from his experiences.
A thoughtful foreword by Utah Jazz
great John Stockton and a
moving epilogue by Miller’s wife, Gail, round out the picture of a man
who was
extraordinary and simple, intense and compassionate, visionary and
generous and
driven.