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Summary: Feel the rush
Review: An amazing read! The author puts you into the mind, body
and soul of the players. It is more than a book about football, it is about having hope and chasing a dream. Even
when you know you wont win. Read it and pass it on,
quickly.
Rating:
Summary: Feel the rush
Review: An amazing read! The author puts you into the mind, body
and soul of the players. It is more than a book about football, it is about having hope and chasing a dream. Even
when you know you wont win. Read it and pass it on,
quickly.
Rating:
Summary: Not just for Monday Night men
Review: I am a woman who occasionally, reluctantly watches football because that is where my husband is, and that is where the couch is, and that is where the potato chips are. After reading One Dream, The NFL by Mr. Falgoux, (during nighttime football games), I have a new appreciation for where these guys begin, and what they must go through to reach the pinacle. Woody has revealed to me the player, for all that he is and all that he is not. I now watch the games with a new respect and a peaked interest because I can relate to players as individuals, with a common dream. I think this is a great birthday or Christmas present for the people who love sports, and for the others who think they do not.
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Summary: The Men Behind the Uniforms
Review: I've been an on-again/off-again Saints fan, but never had I felt an emotional attachment to the players until I read "One Dream". Falgoux's book chronicling the training camp trials of eight undrafted rookie free agents gave me a personal insight into what it takes for a player to make a professional team. His behind the scenes interviews made me feel more curious and sympathetic to the men behind the uniforms. Reading the book has made watching Saint's games more interesting.
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Summary: The Perfect Gift for Football Fans
Review: I've been an on-again/off-again Saints fan, but never had I felt an emotional attachment to the players until I read "One Dream". Falgoux's book chronicling the training camp trials of eight undrafted rookie free agents gave me a personal insight into what it takes for a player to make a professional team. His behind the scenes interviews made me feel more curious and sympathetic to the men behind the uniforms. Reading the book has made watching Saint's games more interesting.
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Summary: Enjoyable and Insightful
Review: In July 2000, eleven undrafted rookies showed up at the New Orleans Saints training camp - 10 players and a fledgling writer - brought together in pursuit of a dream. In this his first novel, Woody Falgoux pursues his own dream as he follows 10 undrafted rookies through the most challenging 6 weeks of their careers. The odds are heavily against them. Beyond the rigors of training camp, the players face the unsettling question of who they are if the dream dies - complicated issues at delicate times. Balancing perseverance and tact, Falgoux delivers an insightful perspective of these players, as well as training camps and the business that has become professional football.Everyone has dreams. Falgoux does justice to his and the those driving the 10 rookies at the focus of this book.
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Summary: Beatification on the Bayou
Review: In Roman Catholicism, the first step toward sainthood is Papal beatification. In football, the first step in being proclaimed a saint, a New Orleans Saint, is surviving the cutthroat, dog-eat-dog abyss that is NFL training camp. After reading Woody Falgoux's One Dream The NFL, one wonders which is the easier path to Canonization- the martyrdom and miracles demanded of the Catholic Church or the blood, sweat, determination, and physical prowess required of a training camp located smack-dab in the middle of the mosquito-ridden Dantesque inferno that is southern Louisiana. Upon conclusion of the book, one is unsure.
In Dream, Falgoux chronicles the lives of 10 young men of varied backgrounds, each possessing a love for their sport and dreams of NFL riches and Hall of Fame glory, as they venture forth into the excruciatingly demanding world of New Orleans Saints training camp in Thibodaux, Louisiana. As unsigned rookies, the ten "heros" know that their chances of surviving training camp and making the final roster are slim to none. Yet, their all-consuming desire to be among the elite few who have played in the NFL outweighs the physical and emotional trauma required to become professional football players. It is this highly personal passion for the game and unrelenting drive to succeed that Dream captures so remarkably. Written in a laid-back, journalist style, Dream intertwines the stories of these ten men into a single, powerful, and gripping tale that allows the reader to live his own NFL dream vicariously through these ten men. Indeed, the reader is swept into the story as if he too were on the practice field, seeking to prove himself to coaches who have the power to alter his destiny, more often than not on a whim. In sum, this is a masterfully written book that begs a sequel.
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Summary: I read my husband's book!
Review: My heart went out to these boys who perservered against such odds. This book is a life lesson that tells us what the human spirit is capable of when a dream is within its grasp. Woody Falgoux writes with creative enthusiasm about these talented giants, and the reader gets to know each one on a personal level. Their dream becomes ours, and you can't put the book down.
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Summary: The Rocky of the NFL
Review: This book is like an NFL Rocky type story. Except there are 10 different Rocky's that are the focus of this book in the form of football players. Not to say that it is a ripoff in anyway. It's a book that truly stands on it's own. The author seems to be very talented. His first? Are you kidding me? Sometimes I laughed and sometimes I felt sad for them. Especially knowing that all this really happened to real people makes the impact even stronger. Don't let it's setting of it being preseason football make you think it's boring. It's a book of hope, determination, preserverance, and the cold reality of life that we all have to face. This book was so good it's compelled me to write my first review for Amazon. Congratulations Woody F. and I'm looking for your next book!
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Summary: What every NFL fan wants to know
Review: This book is precisely what every NFL fan wants to know about what it takes to make a professional football team's roster. Woody does an excellent job at grabing your attention within the very first pages and holding it to the very end. If you are a fan of the NFL, this is a must read and Woody will have you turning each page anxiously awaiting the fates of the players struggling to make the Saints team. This book is masterfully written and you will find yourself rooting for the underdogs. Woody is a gifted story teller and makes you feel like you are sitting along side him at the Saints training camp. At times, I was rooting for Woody himself as he describes the difficulties the media encounters from the Saints organization during training camp. I highly recommend this book and only hope Woody has his second book in the works.
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