Go Long!: My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame
by Jerry Rice, Brian Curtis
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Author: Brian Curtis, Jerry RiceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-29
ISBN: 0345496124
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Reviews of Go Long!: My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame
Book Review: Good Book, even if you're not a Niner Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
I've never been a 49er fan, but I've always admired Jerry Rice for his skill and work ethic. There has never been a better wide receiver. I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Jerry doesn't shy away from controversial opinions about team mates and other players and he addresses his own mistakes and shortcomings in an up front way. I also appreciated the way that the book went beyond the usual sports bio in terms of teaching good life lessons based upon what the athlete actually learned through experiences, good and bad. Having rooted for Jerry in Dancing With the Stars, I was also intrigued by his motivation for doing the show and enjoyed the behind-the-scenes information and analysis of his experience there.
Summary of Go Long!: My Journey Beyond the Game and the Fame
In Go Long! Jerry Rice shares the inspirational lessons and empowering practices that have helped him attain success, both on the football field and off. Through the ups and downs of Rice?s life and incomparable career, we discover how self-motivation, determination, and humility are the keys to achievement and true fulfillment.It?s been a long journey for Jerry Rice, from his childhood as a bricklayer?s son in Crawford, Mississippi, to a berth in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Along the way, Rice has been fueled by tireless effort and a belief in a few simple principles, among them that achievement is a voyage, not a destination; that modesty and perseverance, not talent, are what determine how far you will go; and that everyone should strive to be a role model. Rice even demonstrates these rules in action, breaking down the greatest games from his stellar career.
Go Long! is an inspiring book by a living sports legend. More than that, however, it is the story of how Jerry Rice awakened the champion within, illustrating how we, too, can unlock inner greatness.
?Rice was nobody?s fool as a player. He kept his tongue in check for most of his twenty-one-year career, understanding performance, not oratory, was his occupation. Now retired, Rice has taken the muzzle off [and] it is that persona which emerges from the book.?
?Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California)
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