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This is the most authentic person of all time

I want to take you all the way back to a peanut farm in Georgia in 1932 where little Roosevelt Grier was born.

Friends called him Rosey and he grew into a 6'5", three-hundred-pound defensive tackle and NFL Pro Bowler. Rosey was a massive guy you did not want to go up against on the football field—he was part of the Fearsome Foursome on the LA Rams. One of the best defensive lines in history.

I love Rosey Grier. But I don’t love him for his football career. It’s not the sacks, interceptions, or Pro Bowls that are most important. I love Rosey Grier because he was a deeply authentic person. After retiring from the NFL, Rosey let his heart lead him.

He became a bodyguard and ended up subduing the gunman during the Robert Kennedy assassination. He became a recording artist and his song reached #128 on the charts. He became a talk-show host in LA. And my favorite of all? Rosey Grier took up needlepoint. With complete passion. He said it calmed him down, took away his fear of flying, and helped him meet women. In fact, Rosey loved needlepoint so much he wrote a book called Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men.

Published in 1973 and still for sale today.

Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men is trumpeted online with five-star reviews. Rosey let his heart lead him and look where it led!

Now imagine for a minute you were a hulking NFL football player. People staring when you walk into a restaurant. Extra-extra-extra-large shirts. Extra-extra-extra-large jeans. Picture the framed jerseys. Picture the shiny trophies.

Now imagine after you retired, you, a massive NFL football player, went out and published a book about needlepoint. Featuring you needlepointing your own face on the cover!

What would the reactions be? What would The New York Times Book Review say? What would your football friends joke about? What questions would you get? Think about that for a second.

Now think how you’d feel if you read this review of your book online:

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