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Touchdown Alexander: My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream
Touchdown Alexander My Story of Faith Football and Pursuing the Dream Author:Shaun Alexander When Seattle Seahawks Running Back Shaun Alexanders Touchdown Alexander was released last year in hardcover, it shot up the bestseller lists. And now, the release of the trade paperback features an allnew final chapter covering the 2006 football season. In his pageturning story, written with awardwinning author Cecil Murphey, Shaun rec... more »ounts the years that led up to his success on and off the football field, and how God first gave him the dream for the achievements that have made him a household name among football fans everywhere. And yet, Shauns life is about more than football. His nonprofit organization, the Shaun Alexander Foundation, focuses on empowering and improving the lives of fatherless young men through education, athletics, character programs, and leadership training, inspiring them to reach their potential as mentors and role models for future generations. I decided to tell my story for several reasons:
I want to show peopleespecially young peoplethat success is closer than they may think.
God is the key to success.
We need to set goalsthe higher the better. If we think big and believe big, well act big and move in big ways.
Life is to enjoyto have fun and laugh a lot. If were not enjoying our life, something isnt right..