Sometime during the 2004 training season, one of my teammates, Willie McGinest, saw me taking time off practice and took me aside. Like me, Willie was from California, and he’d played college ball at USC. He was a linebacker, one of the most talented players on the team, and a major contributor to our Super Bowl wins in 2001, 2003, and 2004. Willie had a certain aura and charisma about him—he was “the Godfather” of the locker room—and he’d always been like an older brother to me. Seeing what was happening, Willie suggested I meet with his body coach, who at the time was Alex Guerrero. Without
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