“I have read many books on football and other sports. This book, I am proud
to say, rates with the best of them.”

--Coach Herman Boone,
former head coach of T.C. Williams High School
Portrayed by Denzel Washington in Disney's Movie
‘Remember the Titans'©

Each chapter passes the torch. Its message can be used for any sport – any coach – any athlete with a strong work ethic and a dream.

--Dave Dean, 1996 USA Olympic Team
Asst. Wrestling Coach Michigan State University

Every high school football player, coach and parent should read this book! As a high school football coach and a parent, I was interested enough to read of the successful football program Brenda Woodward writes about. After reading this insightful book, I am struck by her tremendous research and the follow-up on the lives of their former players. It has inspired me to comprehend the true value of football as a game that reaches far beyond the gridiron. Extremely encouraging for any team in rebuilding mode.

--Friedhelm Illian, High School Teacher,
Inspirational Coach, Vassar Football

I'm currently using the book 'No Quitters Here' as a requirement for a psychology class that I'm teaching at Northwood University. My students are enjoying the story and the chapter titles generate interesting discussion points about life skills (Respect, Belief, Effort, Perseverance, Courage, Integrity, Preparation and Obstacles). The student feedback is wonderful! I use the quotes in each chapter to begin every class period. It's a very inspiring story.

--Teresa Sullivan
Midland, MI

This book is packed with so much information and excitement! I couldn't wait to turn the page and read more. No Quitters here is definitely a hard book to put down. It made me laugh, it made me cry, but most of all it opened my eyes and gave a whole new appreciation and respect for the game of Football.

--Kami McNiel
from Michigan

Very accurate account of HS football! Being one of the characters mentioned in the book, I can honestly say that the stories that were told about the years that I was involved in are very accurate. Not many books or movies that pertain to high school football, are very accurate or realistic. This is a real story about an incredible H.S. football program that went through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. I am very proud to be a part of the book. Anyone who reads this book will have a different appreciation for high school football players.

--Ted Klopf from Olivet, MI USA
Former High School Quarterback

"I have read books about high school athletics before like ‘Friday Night Lights’ (about the football team from Odessa, Texas), and ‘The Last Shot’ (about a basketball team from Coney Island) that features some future stars. In my opinion, this book captures just as much as those books did about the high school athletic experience. What I like more about ‘No Quitters Here’ is how each season is its own story with its own starring members, yet each chapter is undeniably linked."

--Matt Leeseberg, Former Lineman,
Northwood University

"No Quitters Here is a real-life story about an uncompromising commitment to a tradition of excellence. Group after group of young men learn the value of sacrifice for the betterment of the team as a community lives and dies with each Friday night. Live along with all involved in each chapter as a proud football program goes in search of an elusive state championship. Experience the roller coaster ride of joy and sorrow that is part of the chase. This is truly a life-enriching story for all readers!"

Tom Harris, PGA Professional
Former High School Quarterback

This book describes in detail the feelings of young men that strive for a goal. They, like in adult life, are frustrated by the pitfalls that we all face. Bad luck, bad timing, the unexpected and the unexplained. Yet, they push on to achieve a goal that has seemed so unattainable. Ten years later, after which time many who started the quest are grown men, the goal is achieved.
This is a story of boys growing into men, and a community who were always there for them. It is about families who witnessed failure time and time again and saw their sons never give up. It is a story of Team and the way it is spelled. Without the "I."
As a career educator, I could relate to the disappointments and the success. I enjoyed this book so very much that I had to see this town, this school and this High School Football team for myself. I drove from Florence, Kentucky to Montrose, Michigan to watch The Montrose Rams play a Friday night football game in the rain. I was not disappointed. The Town, school and team were everything the book said it was. They had pride, tradition and a spirit that I wish could be bottled.
It was the best book about sports I have ever read.

Ms. Woodward has truly captured the pride and spirit that should make up a winning tradition. Here is a story of a group of young men who achieve a goal through hard work and dedication. Yes, it is about football, but the lessons taught in the book, mainly hard work and dedication are what education and life are about. That is indeed what really builds self esteem.

Wayne Robertson
Florence, Kentucky USA

As a Montrose graduate and a follower of the Montrose Football program, this book filled in stories that only people on the inside could appreciate until this book came out. Being a Friday night football fan and a Saturday morning sports reader you really never understand what goes into a program like Montrose to make it so successful. This book not only tells the stories of a generation of success, but gets to the hearts of players, coaches and a town. Even if you are not from Montrose or the area I think people will enjoy this book, because there are thousands of small towns like Montrose that every friday in the fall come together as a community to route on their own champions dreaming for that quest of being called state champions.

Daniel Spencer
Davison, Michigan