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Lorne Adrain (MBA '83), who owns an insurance and estate-planning business in Providence, Rhode Island, has just published his second book, The Most Important Thing I Know about the Spirit of Sport. "Inside are handwritten thoughts from more than one hundred sports legends - Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretzky, Mark McGwire, Florence Griffith Joyner - on what it takes to succeed in sports and life," an article in the Rhode Island Monthly (July 1999) explained. As with Adrain's first book, a collection of thoughts from a variety of famous people titled The Most Important Thing I Know, all royalties ($48,000 last year) go to the Rhode Island Special Olympics, of which Adrain is a longtime officer and former president.
Adrain contacts successful individuals and asks them to share the important beliefs that shape their lives. Thus, basketball star Grant Hill writes, "God's greatest gift to man is life. Man's greatest gift to God is what he does with his life." Media mogul and America's Cup yachtsman Ted Turner contributes, "How much you give is how you keep score," a sentiment that applies well to Adrain, who is active in several community service organizations. Currently at work on two new books (on love and peace), Adrain said, "It's rewarding and great fun. You can read a few pages and feel truly inspired."
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