Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field

Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field

by Donald Driver

Overview

The legendary NFL receiver, all-time receptions and yards leader for the Green Bay Packers, and Dancing with the Stars champion looks back on his life and career.

When he was picked in the seventh-round of 1999 NFL draft, Donald Driver couldn’t find Green Bay on a map. He was given little chance of making the Packers roster, much less of amassing over 10,000 yards in his career and becoming a Super Bowl champion. But in an unlikely journey, Driver has overcome obstacle after obstacle to become one of the most successful players in the NFL.
 
Now, for the first time, Driver recalls his time growing up in Houston, spending nights living in a U-Haul trailer with his mother and stealing cars and selling drugs with his brother to get by.  He recalls what it was like to walk into the locker room as a little-regarded prospect out of Alcorn State, an athlete who one year earlier thought his future was in high jump rather than football, and why he would have never made the team without the support of General Manager Ron Wolf.
 
With the help of his winning speed, skill, not to mention, smile, Driver became one of Brett Favre's most-trusted targets and a fan favorite at Lambeau. (Though it took some time for him to perfect his Lambeau leap.)  Driven takes you inside the locker room with Favre, shares his experiences with Reggie White, and recalls his more recent role as a veteran leader for like Aaron Rodgers and Greg Jennings during their Super Bowl run in 2010. Over 14 years Driver has been through it all—game winning touchdowns, crushing playoff defeats, frightening injuries, and the glory of the Super Bowl.
 
Traveling off the field, Driver discuss his relationship with his wife and three children: how uncertain they were when he undertook  the relentless training necessary to become a champion on the 2012 season of Dancing With the Stars, and how supportive they are of his charity work and service to God.
 
Driver retired on his terms after 14 years in the NFL: as a Packer for life. Driven is the definitive story of Donald Driver’s extraordinary journey.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780385349161
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 09/02/2014
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 364,905
Product dimensions: 5.26(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.67(d)
Lexile: 840L (what's this?)

About the Author

DONALD DRIVER was a receiver for the Green Bay Packers NFL franchise, where he played from 1999 until 2012.  He holds the all-time team record for receptions and receiving yards. He lives in Flower Mound, Texas with his wife, Betina, and his son and two daughters. A role model on and off the field, Driver is a Super Bowl champion and has received multiple honors for his service to the community, including the charity he started with his wife in 2004 to provide assistance for homeless mothers and underprivileged children.
 
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PETER GOLENBOCK is the author of eight New York Times best sellers.  He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, with Wendy Grassi, Fred the basset hound, and Chauncey the lion.  

Table of Contents

Preface 1

1 Child of the Hood 7

2 Homeless 33

3 I'll Prove You Wrong 49

4 Tina and the NFL Draft 73

5 Making It 89

6 Rookie Blues 99

7 A New Regime 111

8 Perseverance 129

9 My Glory Years 155

10 Brett Retires-Then Doesn't 171

11 At Last 191

12 The Ring 205

13 Dancing with the Stars 223

14 Time to Say Goodbye 249

Acknowledgments 263

Index 265

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