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Play Like You Mean It: Passion, Laughs, And Leadership In The World's Most Beautiful Game (2011)

by Rex Ryan(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0385534442 (ISBN13: 9780385534444)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: Definitely worth reading if you are a fan of the NFL. Obviously Jets fans would love it just as they did the HBO series Hard knocks which is referenced is the book a good amount and actually gives some background/does justice for a lot that happened in the show. Rex Ryan is the man and now every time I see the Jets I have a much better knowledge of their organization, and Rex's attitude which leads by example.
review 2: Play Like You Mean It: Passion, Laughs, and Leadership in the World's Most Beautiful Gme To Rex Ryan, the head coach of the New York Jets football team, winning is everything. He’s been the coach of the Jets since 2009 and his team has made it to the AFC championship two years in a row. A lot has happened for coach Rex in the past couple of ... moreyears. He went from a New York hero by getting the Jets to the AFC championship two years in a row, to a disappointment for not backing up his guarantees of winning the Super Bowl those two years they lost to the Indianapolis Colt and then the Pittsburg Steelers the next year, both loses being one game away from every football lover’s dream of playing in, the Super Bowl.If you follow sports media you know that Coach Rex is on 24/7. You see his face everywhere, whether it’s good or bad. This autobiography with the help of Don Yaeger, explains all Rex’s ups and downs from the Darrelle Revis situation, Rex’s foot fetish video, losing back to back AFC championship games, to beating the Patriots, celebrations, great games, and making the playoffs. Each chapter covers a big event in the history of Rex and/or the Jets. He can go from talking about his learning from his dad Buddy to his plans for his defense and Mark Sanchez. One of the best qualities about the book is that Rex doesn’t sugar-coat anything for the reader, he talks in the book like he was saying to your face and he mentions in the book that he “doesn’t give a damn”, but the book is ten times better written like that.The purpose of Rex Ryan writing this book was to air everything out; to explain to everyone interested the things that went on and currently go on in his mind. The book is made for Jet fans, period. It was interesting for me the whole way through reading it because I eat, sleep, and watch the Jets play football. I was learning about one of my heroes and my favorite team in the history of sports. This book answered my questions about the 2009 and 2010 seasons for the Jets and gave me hope for 2011 and the years to come with Rex Ryan leading this team to its second Super Bowl victory. This book isn’t for people that aren’t: 1. Interested in football, 2. Interested in the Jets, or 3. Interested in Rex Ryan because there inst a page in this book that doesn’t talk about these three topics.I love this book because it is meant for readers like me, who like to read about topics we love and only that. There wasn’t a single boring chapter in this book. Rex doesn’t care about how people feel about him after the book; he cares about defending his players and Jets organizations. When talking about how Hard Knocks, the TV series on the Jets, bad mouthed people he stood up for Antonio Cromartie saying, “I was unhappy they even asked him what the names of his kids are. I was unhappy they even asked him that question and brought his personal situation into the show.” By the end of the book I had so much more respect for Rex Ryan than ever before and I suggest Jets fans all around the world read this inspiring story of failure, success, and hope. less

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