Fear Is a Choice Tackling Life's Challenges with Dignity, Faith, and Determination

James Conner, Tiffany Yecke Brooks

eBook - 2020

From fighting for his life to pursuing a career in theNFL, ACC Player of the Yearand star Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner has lived a story offering wisdom and advice for anyone who has faced adversity.Duringhis first two years at the University of Pittsburgh, running back James Connerbecame one of the Panthers' biggest stars, breaking records and winning theadoration of fans. Then, in the first game of his junior year, disaster struckin the form of a torn MCL. During rehab, James's health continued toinexplicably deteriorate until a chest X-ray and biopsy confirmed theunthinkable: a diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Suddenly, it wasn't just thedream of an NFL career that was in jeopardy; it was James's... life. Yet when heshared the news of his diagnosis publicly, James rallied family, friends, andfans, with his message of hope and courage: "Fear is... more