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Well, he was one of the great young linebackers in the NFL

Of course, it's the Steelers and that's what they do they get great defensive players and he was

four years with Pittsburgh and emerging star linebacker and then of course suffered a spinal injury in week 13

2017 against the Bengals and it changed his life

He has a book called walking miracle how faith positive thinking and passion for football brought me back from paralysis and

Help me find purpose

When the injury first happened were you at all bitter or angry at what the sport created?

I wouldn't say I was bitter or angry in the reason I said that is because I

Feel like I

Every single day I put in maximum effort. I I studied a lot of film. I didn't really cheat the game

So to me, I didn't feel there was a reason to be bitter. I was upset more at

Just the opportunity that I couldn't play anymore

But just at the game of football the game football didn't do anything to maybe get hurt. I it was me. I toggle somebody

The wrong way and then no question about

Fear when I I remember watching it and I'm I'm fearful for you

Were you ever in this process that you have panic and fear was it part of it?

Well, you mean panic and fear of the process of let's go to the first six weeks

Mm-hmm, and you don't know the outcome in the recovery. Yeah, so in the first six weeks

It was definitely I was always I was a little bit

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