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November 8, 2022
When I grabbed this book off of my English teacher’s shelf, I didn’t think much of it. I needed a book to read during reading time and it was the first thing I saw.
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I found myself having a lot of fun reading about the ups and down in the life of Terry Bradshaw—a guy who I never even knew that much about in the first place. I was rooting for him throughout the whole book. From not making middle school football, to javelin throwing in high school, I was rooting for him. He tells his story of success in a very humble and engaging way. Every chapter makes you wonder: “What’s gonna happen next? How is he gonna come back from THIS one?”
I think this book is also helped by the fact that it’s not all about football. Don’t get me wrong; it is mostly about football. There’s just a lot of regular old Terry—which is great. Hearing about his childhood and teen years added a lot to the book, and supported the main football story by making it more grounded in his personal life. If it was all about football this and football that, I would care far less about the time Terry Bradshaw dislocated his finger or pulled his hamstring. But I DO care about it because Terry builds STAKES. He already has mountains of people rooting against him, and now he can’t even prove himself as a good quarterback because he has to sit out due to his injury. You really feel for him.
The chapter about his wife is quite unfortunate to read, as the book was written in 1973. He has gone through a number of wives since then. I suppose there’s no way around that, though. Just a downside of writing your autobiography at age 25.
Even that, though, doesn’t stop this book from being a fun and lighthearted read. I would recommend it.
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I found myself having a lot of fun reading about the ups and down in the life of Terry Bradshaw—a guy who I never even knew that much about in the first place. I was rooting for him throughout the whole book. From not making middle school football, to javelin throwing in high school, I was rooting for him. He tells his story of success in a very humble and engaging way. Every chapter makes you wonder: “What’s gonna happen next? How is he gonna come back from THIS one?”
I think this book is also helped by the fact that it’s not all about football. Don’t get me wrong; it is mostly about football. There’s just a lot of regular old Terry—which is great. Hearing about his childhood and teen years added a lot to the book, and supported the main football story by making it more grounded in his personal life. If it was all about football this and football that, I would care far less about the time Terry Bradshaw dislocated his finger or pulled his hamstring. But I DO care about it because Terry builds STAKES. He already has mountains of people rooting against him, and now he can’t even prove himself as a good quarterback because he has to sit out due to his injury. You really feel for him.
The chapter about his wife is quite unfortunate to read, as the book was written in 1973. He has gone through a number of wives since then. I suppose there’s no way around that, though. Just a downside of writing your autobiography at age 25.
Even that, though, doesn’t stop this book from being a fun and lighthearted read. I would recommend it.
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December 18, 2020
I was turned off when I read the second paragraph of the first chapter. The reference is to the catch that Franco Harris made against the Oakland Raiders in the playoffs. That paragraph is:
“It was a miracle, as surely as David killed Goliath and Jehovah delivered the Hebrew children from the fiery furnace!”
Anyone that has watched sports for years is aware of odd and lucky bounces leading to last second victories. Yet, you do not hear Doug Flutie or Aaron Rodgers describing some of their more unusual touchdown throws as miracles on the order of those found in the Christian Bible. I understand that Bradshaw is a Christian, but one of the virtues of being a Christian is humility.
The rest of the book does not rise to this level of exclamation, and it does not contain much exciting and interesting prose. Like Bradshaw when he is not playing or discussing football, it is rather dull. He is not a great conversationalist on topics other than football. That trait appears in this book, and at times Bradshaw engages in bouts of what is close to self-pity. It is one of the least interesting sports autobiographies that I have read.
“It was a miracle, as surely as David killed Goliath and Jehovah delivered the Hebrew children from the fiery furnace!”
Anyone that has watched sports for years is aware of odd and lucky bounces leading to last second victories. Yet, you do not hear Doug Flutie or Aaron Rodgers describing some of their more unusual touchdown throws as miracles on the order of those found in the Christian Bible. I understand that Bradshaw is a Christian, but one of the virtues of being a Christian is humility.
The rest of the book does not rise to this level of exclamation, and it does not contain much exciting and interesting prose. Like Bradshaw when he is not playing or discussing football, it is rather dull. He is not a great conversationalist on topics other than football. That trait appears in this book, and at times Bradshaw engages in bouts of what is close to self-pity. It is one of the least interesting sports autobiographies that I have read.
January 6, 2013
Dan Coholich
English Book Review
Academic English 10
7 January 2013
The book I read was an amazing and inspirational story called “No Easy Game”, which was written by Terry Bradshaw. It truly was and inspirational story that I will never forget. As many of you may know, Terry Bradshaw goes down as one of the best quarterbacks in Pittsburgh history, and was ranked number ten as footballs all time greatest quarterbacks. The great thing about this story is that nobody knows how his life actually started out. Everyone who hasn’t read this story probably thinks that he was a great ball player all throughout his life. If you think this, then you’re wrong.
Terry was a young boy who grew up in Shreveport and played Pee Wee football for their team in second grade. He played lineman for his Pee Wee team and didn’t like it at all. When he was in middle school, he didn’t even make the football team. The coaches thought he was too small and un-athletic. Terry said he cried like a little baby when he got home that day. After he was cut from the team, Terry worked his butt off to make sure nothing like that ever happened to him again. Later in his life, he had made his high school football team, but did not start as quarterback until his junior season. Luckily for Terry, he demolished his junior and senior season as quarterback and got a scholarship to go play football at Louisiana Tech. After his football season at Tech, he got drafted into the NFL as the number one draft pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers. From then on out, his career began to fall. He threw an average of 4 interceptions a game his rookie season, and did not start most of the games because of his poor performances. What happened next you say? Well you are going to have to read to find out.
This book is an autobiography non-fiction book. I know this mainly because it is a true story told by the actual person, Terry Bradshaw. Also, while reading this book, I found many interesting facts that caught my eye. First off, did you know that Terry Bradshaw was never good at football when he was a little kid? He was cut from his middle school football team, and sat the bench in high school for two years. In the end, he worked his way up to become one of the best players in football all around. Secondly, I came across something that also caught my eye. In Terry’s high school days, he used to do javelin as a second sport, and he was really good at it too. He set the national record for throwing the javelin 243 feet and 7 inches. Also, he won two State Championships for javelin, and was offered 200 hundred college scholarships for javelin. I guess you could say that Terry had an act for throwing things. Lastly, the fact that I found most interesting was that Terry Bradshaw was considering to quite football to become a Baptist minister. Terry was a very religious man in his younger life and believed that was the way to go since the beginning of his football career didn’t seem to look any good. He changed his mind after things started to go his way in the NFL.
I would definitely recommend this book to my peers, but only to anyone who enjoys sports or just loves to read about inspirational stories. I know that this story contains many true events that could help a fellow when he’s down. Terry talks about many times when he was embarrassed and just wanted to go home and cry. Sometimes, he actually talked about how he would cry after some games and wouldn’t be able fall asleep on some nights. To some people football was just a game, but to Terry Bradshaw, football was a way of life!
English Book Review
Academic English 10
7 January 2013
The book I read was an amazing and inspirational story called “No Easy Game”, which was written by Terry Bradshaw. It truly was and inspirational story that I will never forget. As many of you may know, Terry Bradshaw goes down as one of the best quarterbacks in Pittsburgh history, and was ranked number ten as footballs all time greatest quarterbacks. The great thing about this story is that nobody knows how his life actually started out. Everyone who hasn’t read this story probably thinks that he was a great ball player all throughout his life. If you think this, then you’re wrong.
Terry was a young boy who grew up in Shreveport and played Pee Wee football for their team in second grade. He played lineman for his Pee Wee team and didn’t like it at all. When he was in middle school, he didn’t even make the football team. The coaches thought he was too small and un-athletic. Terry said he cried like a little baby when he got home that day. After he was cut from the team, Terry worked his butt off to make sure nothing like that ever happened to him again. Later in his life, he had made his high school football team, but did not start as quarterback until his junior season. Luckily for Terry, he demolished his junior and senior season as quarterback and got a scholarship to go play football at Louisiana Tech. After his football season at Tech, he got drafted into the NFL as the number one draft pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers. From then on out, his career began to fall. He threw an average of 4 interceptions a game his rookie season, and did not start most of the games because of his poor performances. What happened next you say? Well you are going to have to read to find out.
This book is an autobiography non-fiction book. I know this mainly because it is a true story told by the actual person, Terry Bradshaw. Also, while reading this book, I found many interesting facts that caught my eye. First off, did you know that Terry Bradshaw was never good at football when he was a little kid? He was cut from his middle school football team, and sat the bench in high school for two years. In the end, he worked his way up to become one of the best players in football all around. Secondly, I came across something that also caught my eye. In Terry’s high school days, he used to do javelin as a second sport, and he was really good at it too. He set the national record for throwing the javelin 243 feet and 7 inches. Also, he won two State Championships for javelin, and was offered 200 hundred college scholarships for javelin. I guess you could say that Terry had an act for throwing things. Lastly, the fact that I found most interesting was that Terry Bradshaw was considering to quite football to become a Baptist minister. Terry was a very religious man in his younger life and believed that was the way to go since the beginning of his football career didn’t seem to look any good. He changed his mind after things started to go his way in the NFL.
I would definitely recommend this book to my peers, but only to anyone who enjoys sports or just loves to read about inspirational stories. I know that this story contains many true events that could help a fellow when he’s down. Terry talks about many times when he was embarrassed and just wanted to go home and cry. Sometimes, he actually talked about how he would cry after some games and wouldn’t be able fall asleep on some nights. To some people football was just a game, but to Terry Bradshaw, football was a way of life!
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