The highly successful Notre Dame football coach, Lou Holtz, provides a game plan for today's teenagers to deal with the many choices and decisions they must make which have adult consequences.

A letter to all teens from Lou Holtz -- The playbook -- Play 1: Choose your attitude -- Play 2: Make sacrifices -- Play 3: Get rid of excuses -- Play 4: Understand what you're trying to do -- Play 5: Dream big dreams -- Self confidence: a special page in the playbook -- Conclusion -- A final poem.