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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... season , I was only ninth on the team in tackles and third in sacks . Sportswriters in the Kansas City papers began to question the wisdom of trading top draft picks in order to select me . But the Chiefs supported me , and asked ...
... season with a record of 8 wins , 7 loses and 1 tie and just missed the playoffs . Our real breakthrough occurred during my third season in 1990. Derrick and I began to compete with each other on the field . We would playfully challenge ...
... season . As a result my numbers were way down , although I had started every game . But the Chiefs had stumbled to a record of 9 wins and 7 losses and we failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1989. After the season there ...