Fran Tarkenton - Selected Writings By Tarkenton:

No Time for Losing, Revell, 1967.

(With Jack Olsen) Better Scramble Than Lose, Four Winds Press, 1969.

(With Brock Yates) Broken Patterns: The Education of a Quarterback, Simon & Schuster, 1971.

(With Jim Klobuchak) Tarkenton, Harper, 1976.

Playing to Win: Fran Tarkenton's Strategies for Business Success, Harper & Row, 1984.

(With Ted Tuleja) How to Motivate People: The Team Strategy for Success, Harper & Row, 1986.

(With Joseph H. Boyett) The Competitive Edge: Essential Business Skills for Entrepreneurs, Plume, 1991.

Awards and Accomplishments

1955	Led Athens High School football team to Georgia state championship
1959	Led University of Georgia Bulldogs to 10-1 record and SEC championship
1960	Earned AP All-American honors
1961	Threw for four touchdowns in first professional game for Vikings
1964	First of 9 Pro Bowl selections
1974	Led Vikings to Super Bowl VIII, where they lost to Miami Dolphins
1975	Led Vikings to Super Bowl IX, where they lost to Pittsburgh Steelers
1977	Led Vikings to Super Bowl XI, where they lost to Oakland Raiders
1978	All-NFC selection
1986	Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 2

(With Wes Smith) What Losing Taught Me about Winning: The Ultimate Guide for Success in Small and Home-based Businesses, Simon & Schuster, 1997.