Bet On Yourself: Inside the Mind of the Ultimate Underdog

He was too short they said. Too light they thought. By the time National Signing Day rolled around in February 2002 not a single Division I or Division II school offered Antoine Bethea a football scholarship.At five foot 11 and 170 pounds Bethea did not fit the mold of a college middle linebacker the position he played as a high school senior. But while Bethea didnt have prototype size what those colleges couldnt measure was how much he wanted to succeed. Bethea attended Howard University - a nearby historically Black college - and walked onto the team determined to earn a football scholarship.Betheas bet on himself eventually paid off despite a series of setbacks and no shortage of doubters as this ultimate underdog grew into a Super Bowl champion and three-time Pro Bowler thanks to seven core lessons hell share in this book including: No excuses no explanationsWhy the motto of Betheas Super Bowl championship team resonates in all walks of lifeTake slights personally and never get complacentThe secret to developing and maintaining an unyielding mental edgeStand for what you believe inWhy personal integrity drove Betheas decision to join the NFL anthem protestsEmbracing the moment of the unknown This is not only the inside story of how Antoine Bethea bucked the odds to become an NFL star its also a case study on how to fight back when people underestimate you.If me - a 5-foot-nothing middle linebacker with zero college scholarship offers - can go on to play 14 years in the NFL then you can also make your dreams come true too whatever they are as long as you learn how to bet on yourself.