My First Coach

Inspiring Stories of NFL Quarterbacks and Their Dads

De: Gary Myers

Narrado por: Paul Ryden

From the New York Times bestselling author of Brady vs. Manning and dean of football writers - a book that explores the many interesting facets to NFL quarterbacks and their relationships with their fathers.

Tom Brady's father is an estate planner. Jim Harbaugh's father had a long career as a college coach. Archie Manning played fourteen years in the NFL and never made the playoffs, but his sons Peyton and Eli won a combined four Super Bowls. Joe Montana is considered by many to be the greatest quarterback of all time, but his two sons bounced around college football with limited success. Jameis Winston's father supported his family working overnight highway construction in Alabama. Derek Carr's father moved the family to Houston after Derek's older brother, David, was drafted by the Texans.

My First Coach goes behind the scenes to explore the unique relationship between these and other quarterbacks and their fathers, as well as investigate various approaches to parenting through their stories. Can young athletes overcome helicopter parents? How did the kids with NFL aspirations deal with their fathers who'd already made it? What kind of pressure did they have to overcome? What kind of pressure did the father who succeeded put on his son to be an athlete? Would the expectations be lower and the results greater if the father was an attorney or doctor? Was it better for the fathers to be overbearing, or borderline disinterested?

My First Coach tells the compelling, real-life stories of some of the country's most famous quarterbacks and how they took advantage of or overcame their relationships with their fathers.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"An [entertaining] examination of the relationships between several QBs and their fathers."—The Denver Post

"[This] book hits home."—Life of Dad

PRAISE FOR GARY MYERS
"One of the finest NFL writers in the business."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Boomer Esiason, former NFL Most Valuable Player, analyst for The NFL Today, and WFAN morning talk show host

"Gary Myers has decades of experience covering and reporting on the NFL...one of the sport's most respected and credible writers."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Bob Costas, NBC Sports

"One of the NFL's greatest scribes brings fans inside the minds and the locker rooms of some of the NFL's best."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Big Lead Sports

"Gary's decades of covering the NFL and his unique relationships with the biggest names in the game make him the perfect person to tell the...story of these NFL legends."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 15.0px Tahoma; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}NBC's Thursday Night Football play-by-play and Olympics host

"Gary Myers has always been one of the best NFL insiders in the business."—p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial}Mike Lupica, New York Daily News

My 8yo son is QB. We are a team of sorts. This book hit home!

Such a meaningful book for any parent, especially a father, of a quarterback. My son is eight years old. It has its ups and downs. I try to manage myself, yes I mean myself, to do what is best for him. I think of my son as his own coach and I’m just trying to keep up. I think of it that way because it’s true. It’s tough dealing with coaches and teams were the quarterback is only the coaches son. It’s tough dealing with games where my son gets hurt. It’s tough seeing him struggle. And I have so much pride in him for continuing his struggle.

This book was a fascinating view of other fathers and how they lived with their sons struggled to be quarterback. Read well and I truly enjoyed it.