THE NEXT PLAY: Lessons from Basketball for Life, Leadership, and Doing Your Best Every Day

Basketball doesn’t just teach you how to play — it teaches you how to live.

In The Next Play, longtime coach and mentor Chris Monette shares the lessons he’s learned from decades in the game — from college locker rooms and championship moments to youth gyms and coaching his own children.

This isn’t a book about plays or stats.
It’s about mindset, leadership, resilience, and learning how to respond when things don’t go your way.

Through real stories, hard-earned perspective, and practical insight, Monette explores what it means to:

• Take responsibility instead of making excuses

• Stay ready when opportunity comes

• Lead through actions, not titles

• Learn from mistakes and move forward

• Play hard, have fun, and be a good teammate — in basketball and in life

Written for athletes, parents, coaches, and anyone trying to do their best every day, The Next Play is a reminder that success isn’t about perfection — it’s about response.

Because no matter what just happened, there’s always the next play.