Just Give Me the Damn Ball!: The Fast Times and Hard Knocks of an NFL Rookie - Hardcover

Johnson, Keyshawn; Smith, Shelley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446521450 ISBN 13: 9780446521451

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

"Well, son, I guess we have to go the to bank." That's what Leon Hess told me the day the Jets drafted me as the number-one player in the NFL draft. But that first day, the day of the draft, was one of the happiest days in my life, because I knew I was ready to make things happen in the league and help turn things around for the sorry-ass Jets. But what a nightmare! Week after week, loss after loss. The Jets went in with a loser reputation, and they were earning it all over again. We had no emotion, no energy, no hunger. The media tried to cover it all. Rich Kotite tried to explain the disasters away. But nobody outside the team knew the real truth of what really went on. This book is going to change all that.

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Review:

Keyshawn Johnson, the highly touted second-year receiver for the Jets, is a man of few words--he seems to know only a few, most of which are unprintable.... Johnson has caught just 63 passes so far in his pro career, and the only record he holds is "most pages per catch." -- The New York Times Book Review, Allen Barra

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0446521450
• ISBN 13: 9780446521451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224