The Need to Win: Football from My Own Heart
by Otis Taylor
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Author: Otis TaylorContributor: Mark Stallard
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-25
ISBN: 1582615403
Number of pages: 250
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Book Reviews of The Need to Win: Football from My Own Heart
Book Review: Probably more like 3 1/4 stars
Summary: 3 Stars
Otis Taylor tells his life story in his honest way. He really was a great player and he knows that and tells you so, but it mostly doesn't come off as too arrogant, just honest.
Taylor does a great job covering his life through the early seventies. He enjoyed a lot of success, as did his team, the Kansas City Chiefs. He provides some thought-provoking glimpses into racism and teamwork in a turbulent era.
My only real complaint is that the book seems to quickly run out of steam as the Chiefs and Taylor fade. I would have loved to learn more about such a great athlete fading and accepting his career's end. I can handle his openness about his greatness, but how about when the greatness starts to diminish? The book does pick up a bit when Taylor discusses his post-playing career.
Summary of The Need to Win: Football from My Own Heart
"I wasn't a football player for the fame or the Super Bowls; I was a football player for my own heart." - Otis Taylor. He was one of pro football's first modern receivers, possessing an overpowering combination of size, strength and speed. Otis Taylor moved on the field with gazelle-like ease; his soft hands and intimidating presence were a big part of the Kansas City Chiefs for 11 seasons and a major part of their win over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. Starting from the projects of Houston, Taylor first starred for Prairie View A&M's Panthers before bursting onto the American Football League scene with the Chiefs in 1965. By the early 1970s, he was widely considered one of the game's finest receivers. The Need to Win is Taylor's story -- an insider's look at the AFL and NFL player wars, the Super Bowl, racism in sports and America, how the game has changed and his place in football history.Memoirs Books
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