Yes I Can!: Struggles from Childhood to the NFLAddax Publishing Group, 1998 - 40 páginas Today's kids can learn from Neil Smith. Yes I Can! gives kids a first-hand look at meeting their challenges head on. His book is colorful, with action packed illustrations, photos and inspiring text for parents and children to share. Yes I Can! is a true life-lessons book of inspiration. Defensive end Neil Smith of the Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos, has made the Pro Bowl six times. Neil has a learning disability that caused him to have many bad days as a kid. "When I was in the first grade, I began to have trouble keeping up with the rest of my class tn reading. I was embarrassed, and I tried to hide my problem from my teacher. I fell behind in all of my schoolwork. Some of the kids called me a dummy. It hurt me a lot to be called names". "In the third grade, I found out I had a condition called dyslexia (dis-LEKS-ee-uh). People with dyslexia see letters backward. Even though I was glad to find out why I had trouble reading, I was still afraid of going to school. But my mom told me that the only way to overcome my problem was to face it". |
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... ahead of the Raiders . The next day at the draft , Pete Rozelle the commissioner of the NFL stood at the podium in front of a huge audience . I was behind the stage with the other players , ready to march up to the podium when my name ...
... ahead to a career in the NFL . I decided that if my career was to be with Kansas City , I would go there and become the best football player I could be . I would stick with the things that had brought me success ; hard work ...
... have gone either way . But by never doubting ourselves and by committing ourselves to work together , we were ready when the opportunity came to win the big one ! 97 90 Looking Ahead A few months after the Super Bowl I. 37.