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iceangel32's review against another edition
2.0
I don't know, I was really looking forward to reading this. However I just could not get into it. I am not one to no finish I book so I struggled though this one. I will admit there was many times that I wanted to put this book down and not pick it back up. Maybe it was not what i expected, or maybe it was because I felt like things have changed so much since then. The injury that he was so upset about is coming in college kids and they still make it to the pros with today's health care. I still have an incredible amount of respect and admiration for for Gale. I just could not get into the book and I am glad it is over.
papidoc's review against another edition
4.0
I first read this autobiography and memoir when I was in high school. I had seen the movie, Brian's Song, and as I often do with impactful movies, I sought out the book upon which the movie was based.
The book was even more powerful than the movie. It was an inspiring account, partly of Gale Sayers, a Hall of Fame football player for the Chicago Bears, but more about his relationship with his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo. That friendship becomes deeper and stronger as Piccolo helps Sayers recover from a severe knee injury.
Subsequently, with Piccolo's diagnosis of cancer (which was terminal), the friendship with Sayers becomes a bond of brotherhood, and as Sayers helps Brian deal with his imminent death, it becomes a life changing experience for him, in which he realized the relative insignificance of his own injury, and even of his career as a football player.
Though I have not read it (I intend to), I understand that another book Sayers wrote, titled Sayers: My Life and Times is even more inspiring. I recommend both.
The book was even more powerful than the movie. It was an inspiring account, partly of Gale Sayers, a Hall of Fame football player for the Chicago Bears, but more about his relationship with his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo. That friendship becomes deeper and stronger as Piccolo helps Sayers recover from a severe knee injury.
Subsequently, with Piccolo's diagnosis of cancer (which was terminal), the friendship with Sayers becomes a bond of brotherhood, and as Sayers helps Brian deal with his imminent death, it becomes a life changing experience for him, in which he realized the relative insignificance of his own injury, and even of his career as a football player.
Though I have not read it (I intend to), I understand that another book Sayers wrote, titled Sayers: My Life and Times is even more inspiring. I recommend both.
papi's review against another edition
4.0
I first read this autobiography and memoir when I was in high school. I had seen the movie, Brian's Song, and as I often do with impactful movies, I sought out the book upon which the movie was based.
The book was even more powerful than the movie. It was an inspiring account, partly of Gale Sayers, a Hall of Fame football player for the Chicago Bears, but more about his relationship with his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo. That friendship becomes deeper and stronger as Piccolo helps Sayers recover from a severe knee injury.
Subsequently, with Piccolo's diagnosis of cancer (which was terminal), the friendship with Sayers becomes a bond of brotherhood, and as Sayers helps Brian deal with his imminent death, it becomes a life changing experience for him, in which he realized the relative insignificance of his own injury, and even of his career as a football player.
Though I have not read it (I intend to), I understand that another book Sayers wrote, titled Sayers: My Life and Times is even more inspiring. I recommend both.
The book was even more powerful than the movie. It was an inspiring account, partly of Gale Sayers, a Hall of Fame football player for the Chicago Bears, but more about his relationship with his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo. That friendship becomes deeper and stronger as Piccolo helps Sayers recover from a severe knee injury.
Subsequently, with Piccolo's diagnosis of cancer (which was terminal), the friendship with Sayers becomes a bond of brotherhood, and as Sayers helps Brian deal with his imminent death, it becomes a life changing experience for him, in which he realized the relative insignificance of his own injury, and even of his career as a football player.
Though I have not read it (I intend to), I understand that another book Sayers wrote, titled Sayers: My Life and Times is even more inspiring. I recommend both.
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