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Seller: Top-Rated Plus Seller tee-magic ✉️ (8,995) 100%, Location: Harlingen, Texas, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 355472041927 Football 4 Book Lot Betts, Vick Oher Strahan Autobiographies, HC, LN/VG. Four book set. Hardcovers with dust jackets. Clean and unmarked copies. Dust jackets, boards and binding have very minor wear and look near new. Please note detailed photos.  Titles and descriptions:  The Bus: My LIfe in and Out of a Helmet by Jerome Bettis and Gene Wojciechowski  He was one of pro football’s most beloved and respected stars, admired not only by NFL fans and his own teammates, but by his opponents as well. Super Bowl champion; six time Pro Bowler; NFL Comeback Player of the Year; NFL Man of the Year; fifth all-time leading rusher in the NFL; future Hall of Famer; now NBC Sports commentator.

You may think you know Jerome Bettis, but you don’t.

In  The Bus , Jerome Bettis tells his full, unvarnished story for the first time--from his sometimes troubled childhood in inner-city Detroit to his difficult transition at Notre Dame, to a pro coach who almost caused him to quit the game, to a trade for the ages that resulted in ten glorious seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

As a chunky child wearing glasses, Jerome’s only sports-related aspiration was to become a professional bowler. But growing up in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Detroit, he eventually found his escape on the high school football field, thanks to the devotion of hard-working parents, a concerned coach, and his prodigious talent. He arrived at Notre Dame as one of the nation’s best prep players, but despite his incredible performances, he never stopped worrying that he would somehow blow his chance to make good. Drafted and later discarded by the Los Angeles Rams, it was in the football-obsessed city of Pittsburgh that Jerome found his home and became a legend.

The Bus  captures the sweetness and honesty of Bettis, but also details the jaw-dropping, violent nature of the game he loved, the mind-boggling injuries he endured, and the cut-throat NFL business tactics he overcame and later mastered. Through it all, Jerome was also a loving son, an adoring father, and the ultimate teammate and mentor.
I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond by Michael Oher with Don Yaeger The football star made famous in the hit film (and book)  The Blind Side  reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational  New York Times  bestseller.

 

Looking back on how he went from being a homeless child in Memphis to playing in the NFL, Michael talks about the goals he had to break out of the cycle of poverty, addiction, and hopelessness that trapped his family. Eventually he grasped onto football as his ticket out and worked hard to make his dream into a reality. With his adoptive family, the Touhys, and other influential people in mind, he describes the absolute necessity of seeking out positive role models and good friends who share the same values to achieve one's dreams. Sharing untold stories of heartache, determination, courage, and love,  I Beat the Odds  is an incredibly rousing tale of one young man's quest to achieve the American dream.

Michael Vick Finally Free: An Autobriography by Michael Vick 

One of the most talented and polarizing athletes of our generation, Michael Vick's stunning story has captured news headlines across the nation. From his poverty-stricken youth, to his success on the field in high school and college, to his rise to NFL stardom and his fall from grace,  Finally Free  shows how a gifted athlete's life spiraled out of control under the glare of money and fame, aided by his own poor choices. In his own words, Vick details his regrets, his search for forgiveness, the moments of unlikely grace--and the brokenness that brought his redemption on the way to his celebrated return to the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles.
 
"Finally Free tells an amazing story. It's not all pretty, but it's real. This book will let you know why I'm so proud of Michael Vick and honored to call him a friend."
--Tony Dungy , Former NFL head coach for the Indianapolis Colts
 
"Vick has apologized and acknowledged the suffering he caused. He has expressed his remorse and his desire to help more animals than he harmed by being an advocate for the humane treatment of animals. We realize the potential Vick has to reach at-risk youth and pull them out of the quicksand..."
--The Humane Society of the United States
 
"I want to be remembered as a guy who never gave up, whether with my family, out on the football field, in a prison cell, or playing one-on-one basketball with somebody in the neighborhood. Standing firm in God always, pushing through, even in my darkest moments."
--Michael Vick

Inside the Helmet: Life as a Sunday Afternoon Warrior by Michael Strahan with Jay Glazer

Michael Strahan is one of the NFL’s most talented players, and he is also one of the game’s most vocal personalities. In  Inside the Helmet , Strahan exposes all of the pressure, pain, and glory of life in the NFL, venturing into territory no previous football author has had the nerve to tread.

Bringing the reader right into the middle of the action, Strahan recounts exhilarating victories and reveals the hair-raising details of the ruthless grit required for every win. He gives an honest account of the brutality on the field and the myriad injuries from which he continues to suffer. He describes the relationships among teammates (including an account of his well publicized feuding with Tiki Barber), the practical jokes players use to preserve their sanity and the violent blow-ups that occur when the pressure gets too intense, and the challenges of taking orders from head coach Tom Coughlin and his squadron of assistant coaches.

Strahan also writes about dealing with the relentless media coverage, rabid and demanding fans, and the struggle to live up to a multimillion-dollar salary.

  • Condition: Very Good
  • Condition: Clean and unmarked copies. Dust jackets, boards and binding have very minor wear and look near new.
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Book Title: Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: History, Sports, Autobiograpy
  • Topic: Football

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