My Greatest Challenge Author:Bill Glass What is the life of a major league football player really like? What goes on off the playing field in this world of brute force, skill and strategy? How does a defensive lineman who is a Christian reconcile his faith with his desire to clobber the quarterback and his ability to injure or maim? — These are a few of the many questions that Bill Gla... more »ss answers in this fascinating inside look at America's favorite sport. 250-pound All-Pro defensive end for the Cleveland Browns, Bill Glass takes the reader behind the scenes and into the dressing rooms and training camps--in an intimate and personal manner, he shows the practice sessions, the game plans, the films, the training table. But as important as these things are to Bill Glass, they are to him but the scenery, the stage props for the kind of personal drama which is worked out daily in the lives of those who have committed themselves to this violently competitive sport. Here are true stories and anecdotes about some of the greatest men in the world of football--Jim Brown, Ray Nitschke, Don Meredith, Jim Kanicki, to name a few--mixed with basic Christian insight from this giant of a man. Here is described the dynamic struggle which each professional player must face to maintain a balance between his desire to be the best in the sport and his desire to be a warm, concerned, compassionate human being.« less