https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc Q2 Book report, A memoir about Drew Brees en-us 2019-11-13 17:10:28 UTC 2025-10-21 14:28:34 UTC hello@padlet.com manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430583562 "One of the most difficult things I experienced was the divorce of my mom and dad." (Page 5) I can relate to this because I have dealt with this too and it was real hard]]> 2020-01-13 03:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430583562 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430598179 2020-01-13 05:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430598179 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430599143 "The injury had stirred me up inside, and I was filled with questions: Do I have a purpose? Is there a reason I'm on this Earth? Do I have a destiny, or is everything by chance?" (Page 13) ]]> 2020-01-13 05:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430599143 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430600336 2020-01-13 05:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430600336 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430601334 "But for me the real difference wasn’t in my body but in my head and my heart. I had a new sense of confidence because I knew I had worked hard to fight through the injury. I’d pushed myself past limits I’d previously thought I could not go beyond. I was physically, mentally, and spiritually tougher because of what I had endured in order to get to that point." (Page 16) ]]> 2020-01-13 05:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430601334 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430604292 "We won the next two games and went 16–0, winning the first 5A state championship in the history of our school. That season was a turning point for me. A year earlier, before I’d torn my ACL, I was just a high school kid whose world revolved around whatever sport was in season and who I would ask to the prom. At the time, I’d thought my ACL tear was the worst-case scenario. Now I realized that injury was really the best thing that could have happened to me. I was stronger. I was more focused. And best of all, I was starting to understand more about God and how he wanted to lead me." (Page 16) Him making the best out of something and not bringing himself down and being negative is one of the best things he could have done. He also started realizing the path he was going to. From a bench warmer to 16-0 with multiple offers.]]> 2020-01-13 05:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430604292 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430606615 2020-01-13 06:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/430606615 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433466008 2020-01-19 22:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433466008 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433466301 "With all that was on my mind with academics and football, I didn’t let myself dream of getting married and settling down yet. I was too focused on everything else. But I’ll tell you the truth: the minute I saw Brittany, I told myself ’m going to marry that woman. Of course, she didn’t feel that way about me, because I made a fool of myself the first time I met her." (pg 30) Brees then continues to talk about the hilarious (in our view) pick up lines he used on her while drunk at a party to which he is still humiliated by.]]> 2020-01-19 22:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433466301 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433466948 "Finally the phone rang. It was John Butler, general manager for the Chargers. I was going to San Diego! They chose me with the first pick of the second round, the thirty-second pick overall. Of course I would have liked to have been drafted higher, but I was happy about going to San Diego." (pg 43)]]> 2020-01-19 22:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433466948 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433467163 2020-01-19 23:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433467163 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433467936 "As soon as training camp was underway, one thing was clear: I was the backup. In fact, I was competing for a spot on the team, as far as I was concerned. Dave Dickenson was making a run for the backup quarterback role, and I had my work cut out for me." (pg 44)]]> 2020-01-19 23:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433467936 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433468806 2020-01-19 23:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433468806 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433469178 2020-01-19 23:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433469178 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433469794 "We needed someone to make a play, and that someone needed to be me. As I reared back to throw just inside our own end zone, I felt a presence at my back side. It was Denver free safety John Lynch, and he laid a hit on me that knocked the ball out of my hand and onto the ground, spinning to a stop at the one yard line. It was a live ball, but in my eyes it was my ball, and I had to get it back. With no regard for my own safety or future, I committed the cardinal sin for a quarterback. I jumped into the pile for a loose ball. It wasn’t a rational decision—it was the only way I knew how to play the game. Unfortunately I didn’t get the ball, and even worse, after the dust had settled, my right shoulder was out of socket. My arm stuck out to the side as if I were resting it on a fence post." (pg 74)]]> 2020-01-19 23:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433469794 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433470778 2020-01-19 23:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433470778 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433472058 2020-01-19 23:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433472058 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433472573 "It’s amazing the difference a year makes in the NFL. In 2005 with the Chargers, we could have been 10–6 and not made the playoffs at all. In 2006 a 10–6 record gave us the number two seed and a first-round bye." (pg 175)]]> 2020-01-19 23:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433472573 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433473521 "I had found a book with vignettes about average people who had done extraordinary things simply because they’d focused on finishing well. The book was Finish Strong by Dan Green, and I bought a copy for every member of the team. I also gave everyone a wristband that said, “Finish Strong.” I read some favorite quotes that struck me about the power of seeing something through to completion. I was passionate about this, and I wanted the other guys to catch the same vision for the season ahead." (pg. 248)]]> 2020-01-20 00:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433473521 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433474097 "Brittany was fighting her way through the mayhem and heading toward me with Baylen. From up onstage, I leaned down and gave her a kiss. Then she handed Baylen to me. That was when it really hit. All those rough patches on the journey—the injury, the rehab, the hurricane, the new team—and now we were really here, Super Bowl champions. I stood there with my little boy, and I was overwhelmed. I told Baylen how much I loved him and how much he meant to me and what an inspiration he was to me. I thought of my mom, who I believed was smiling down from heaven, and all my family and friends who were there watching. 'We did it, little boy. We did it,' I said." (pg 291-292)]]> 2020-01-20 00:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433474097 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433474472 2020-01-20 00:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433474472 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433474750 2020-01-20 00:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433474750 manndil000 https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433543963 Brees, Drew, and Chris Fabry. Coming Back Stronger. Tyndale House Publishers, 2010.]]> 2020-01-20 07:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/manndil000/h1svewzdmfjc/wish/433543963