Sapp Attack
My Story
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4.2 • 42 Ratings
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- $11.99
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Publisher Description
In his no-holds-barred memoir, Sapp Attack!, Warren Sapp, one of the NFL's most hilarious and candid personalities, reveals a side of football most fans have never before seen.
Big Man. Big Talent. Big Star. Big Mouth. Big Heart. Big Personality. Big Smile. Big Headlines. Warren Sapp, one of pro football's most dominating defensive players both on and off the field, has a reputation for being bold, brash, knowledgeable, and outspoken. During his All-American career at the University of Miami, 13 seasons as an NFL star, four years on the NFL Network and one very big season on Dancing with the Stars, Sapp has never held back. Now he brings that same fearless attitude to his memoir, a book that will create controversy and headlines; in other words, pure Warren Sapp.
Sapp has won every award possible for a defensive player, but it wasn't just his extraordinarily athletic ability that made him a star; it was also his ability to understand the subtleties of the game. He writes about working his way up from the high school gridiron to one of the top college football programs in the country, to the NFL, and reveals how the system actually works—the behind-the-scenes plays that fans rarely get to see. He'll discuss what it was like to face some of the greatest players in NFL history, including Hall of Famers Steve Young and Jerry Rice, both of whom he put out of the game, and Bret Favre, whom he sacked eleven times during his career.
In this revealing, hilarious, and must-read book, Sapp offers readers a look inside the life of one of football's biggest stars and shares his often controversial opinions about the state of pro football today and its future.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With his outsized personality, Sapp, a former defensive star with the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders, assisted by David Fisher, pulls the covers off the professional gridiron league in this blunt memoir with gleeful tidbits about the greats of the game he loved. Sapp, a Florida native, writes of his humble beginnings with a single God-fearing mother, his scrappy football high school years, and his dominance at tackle at the University of Miami. Once recruited by Tampa Bay, he doesn't mince words about the team's coach, Sam Wyche, but praises other helmsmen Bill Parcells, Tony Dungy, and John Gruden. It's refreshing to hear Sapp concede that "football's a violent game," but that violence sells, especially in the defensive trenches of hits and sacks. He blasts wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson's lack of professionalism, reveals that's not champagne sprayed in the locker room because the NFL forbids alcohol, and his cordial wooing of JaMika, who later became his wife. After his successful stint with the Oakland Raiders, Sapp finds many things to do off the field: an analyst for NFL Network, a studio talking head for Inside the NFL, and a highly popular session on Dancing with the Stars. Chatty, revealing, and always candid, Sapp's memoir takes the reader inside himself and the roller-coaster smash-mouth ride of the NFL.
Customer Reviews
Sapp
What a book can't get enough
Extremely Well Written..!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book on many levels. I believe you will as well. Check it out, no doubt..!
Sapp Attack
So informative about what really goes on in the NFL. So, so funny!!