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Summary: The truth about LT
Review: This book is about a hall of fame football player who drugs at one point took over his life.Lt started using cocaine as a social thing, but then it got to a point that it became a daily thing. The NFL started doing random drug test's Lt would tell people to urine in a cup for him so he can cheat the drug test it wouldn't show that he used drugs. Then Lt got two strikes for failing two drug test's after he heard that if he failed another drug test he would be banned from the NFL. So Lt got serious by going to rehab and cleaning himself up. I would recommend this book to anybody who wants to find out the real truth about Lawrence Taylor. Also because it's a good book to read, and its very interesting. Also to anybody who likes football. And also I would recommend it because it shows you the affects that drugs have on someone's behavior. And it gives you the real facts about Lt's drug habit.
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Summary: One Crazy SOB!
Review: A sports odyssey of drugs, alcohol, women, and football!! If his reporting is accurate, then it's a wonder LT was able to get to the football field most Sundays, much less be the most dominant linebacker of his time. Most of the book has LT's associates writing a particular story about LT, then he comments on the person, the story or both! This style doesn't work well! It seems like LT's strong suit is not insight or judgment! I did find myself laughing out loud at some of his stories. The handcuffs still on while he's at a team meeting is one of my all-time faves!
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Summary: A must read for LT fans.
Review: As a long standing Giant fan perhaps I?m biased as Taylor was the greatest player I ever got to watch in person. The behind the scenes look at how he prepared (or didn?t) for games and his reckless lifestyle just adds more to how good this guy actually was and even scarier as to how much better he might have been. A must read for people that watched Taylor play as you will understand him much better. The book was a very quick and easy read and didn?t provide much of a historical or statistical look into LT but it was much better than I expected and many times I caught myself laughing out loud at some of the things this guy pulled.
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Summary: An ounce of arrogance for a pound of humility. Not too bad!
Review: I think you have to just look at the title, and realize right away that sometimes, you get what you pay for. In this book, you expect a lot of the arrogance that made him LT, #56 of The New York Giants. What I didn't expect was to find him so brutally honest in his battles with drugs.
Here you do indeed find a broken man, yet he picks himself back up and is able to walk out on his own 2 feet. He even makes this statement quite a few times in this book, "My name is Lawrence Taylor, and I'm an addict." That wouldn't be easy for a lot of people. A lot of people can pass this off as a book for some easy money. Whoop-tee-doo! Hey, looks like it worked!
I enjoyed the memories of all the football action that is shared in this book. But at the same time, some of the crap that is mentioned really doesn't need to be in a book just to make it interesting. When it all comes down to it, it is indeed one man's life. That man is Lawrence Taylor, and he's proud of who he is!
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Summary: LT and all that that Implies!!!
Review: If you like football then you will probably love this book. Lawrence Taylor is arguably the best player in the last 20 years or maybe forever. He clearly revolutionized his position.
This book is probably 30% football, 70% off the field. And that's as it should be as his world was wild and wooly and makes a great read. The drugs, the women, the parties are all here. Some of the most interesting parts are how he hid his drug habits from the NFL.
This isn't a classically written book. But the stories are so compelling it can't help be entertaining. You'll read it with your mouth open in disbelief. And, at least for the time being, it ends with a story of redemption.
I strongly recommend this book for football fans and stories of the wild life.
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Summary: Honest, but lacks depth and details.
Review: In this book, Lawrence Taylor goes into his life of drugs, fast cars, lots of woman, and tons of money. He describes his life, but with not so much detail. In fact, a chunck of his book are actually quotes from other people intermingled within his text. The book is about 250 pages long with a large font. I bought so it would last me a while, but I started reading it at noon, and finished it before dinner.The third person quotes are what really got to me. A portion of the quotes are self promoting, and other quotes just repeat what LT described in the previous paragraph. They hardly provided any insight into LT, but ruined the flow and continuity of the book in general. The lack of detail is also apparent. There are many references to how fast he was and how he revolutionized the game, but he provides no expansion of this. No information on how fast he ran, or how much he can bench press, or what types of plays he helped revolutionize. In terms of a football book, it's virtually non-existent. He doesn't go into much detail on other parts of the books as well. He describes a lot of parties, bar hopping, fast driving, and throws a few general stories in there, but with only a few exception, nothing specific to hold on to. Another bad part of this book is that in the end, he tries to evoke sympathy to which no one really can't.
This brings it back to his life story. The most admirable aspect of the book is that he is very honest with himself. He knew cocaine destroyed him, and sometimes goes into some depressing stories. He knew he was lazy sometimes, but he still played hard. All in all, it's short, but extremely readable. It's more of an outline than a full fledged expose, but it's honest and somewhat shocking nonetheless.
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Summary: Honest, but lacks depth and details.
Review: In this book, Lawrence Taylor goes into his life of drugs, fast cars, lots of woman, and tons of money. He describes his life, but with not so much detail. In fact, a chunck of his book are actually quotes from other people intermingled within his text. The book is about 250 pages long with a large font. I bought so it would last me a while, but I started reading it at noon, and finished it before dinner. The third person quotes are what really got to me. A portion of the quotes are self promoting, and other quotes just repeat what LT described in the previous paragraph. They hardly provided any insight into LT, but ruined the flow and continuity of the book in general. The lack of detail is also apparent. There are many references to how fast he was and how he revolutionized the game, but he provides no expansion of this. No information on how fast he ran, or how much he can bench press, or what types of plays he helped revolutionize. In terms of a football book, it's virtually non-existent. He doesn't go into much detail on other parts of the books as well. He describes a lot of parties, bar hopping, fast driving, and throws a few general stories in there, but with only a few exception, nothing specific to hold on to. Another bad part of this book is that in the end, he tries to evoke sympathy to which no one really can't.
This brings it back to his life story. The most admirable aspect of the book is that he is very honest with himself. He knew cocaine destroyed him, and sometimes goes into some depressing stories. He knew he was lazy sometimes, but he still played hard. All in all, it's short, but extremely readable. It's more of an outline than a full fledged expose, but it's honest and somewhat shocking nonetheless.
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Summary: Out of control
Review: Lt can't seem to make up his mind in this book if he wants to sound contrite and sorry for his failings in life or brag about them. Admittedly the guy was as wild and uninhibited off the field as he was on it and some of his adventures in the world of drugs and sex make excellent reading. Lt was a great if not the greatest football player but off the field he was out of control. The premise of the book is that he landed on his feet and the reader should admire him for his recovery. However his descriptions of his wild life may sound more enticing to other readers. This is a story that seems to have another chaper or two in the wings. I like the guy and hope he is sincere in his desire to stay straight.
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Summary: Lawrence Vs. LT
Review: LT is very honest in recounting the disturbing details of his battle with drugs and a lifestyle that ultimately was out of control. Yes he became a different person as LT and lived off the field witht he same wild abandon that he brought to the game.
The stories are entertaining if somewhat predictable. Drugs, sex, more sex, etc...
MY problem with the book is that while Taylor is attempting to demonstrate his contrition for his bad behavior , especially toward his family, the tone of his descriptions of the wild times comes across as giddy and bragging.
The guy was the best football player I've ever seen and I am glad he landed on his feet after going through all of this.
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Summary: AVERAGE AS FAR AS SPORTS BIOGRAPHIES GO
Review: Over the edge covers everything from LT's college days, through his career with the Giants to his post career problems. The book gives you a god idea of the lifestyle LT led off the field but doesn't go into too much detail. In a nutshell, he partied hard, had extra marital flings, but still managed to show up and give 100% on Sunday Afternoon. Having been a Giants fan for over 25 seasons, I had can say that. you'd never know that there were many a night that LT would show up at the stadium after being out till 8 am, and still manage to play a helluva game. The after career chapters, which detail LT's drug use make you feel some sympathy, but also angry that it took LT so long to clean his act up. Overall, This is a decent sports biography, one any football fan will appreciate.
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