Dat: Tackling Life and the NFL

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Copyright฀฀©฀2005฀ by฀Dat฀Nguyen฀and฀Rusty฀Burson Manufactured฀in฀the฀United฀States฀of฀America All฀rights฀reserved First฀edition The฀paper฀used฀in฀this฀book฀ meets฀the฀minimum฀requirements of฀the฀American฀National฀Standard฀ for฀Permanence฀of฀Paper฀for฀Printed฀ Library฀Materials,฀Z39.48-1984. Binding฀materials฀have฀been฀ chosen฀for฀durability. Library฀of฀Congress฀Cataloging-in-Publication฀Data Nguyen,฀Dat,฀1975– ฀ Dat฀:฀tackling฀life฀and฀the฀NFL฀/฀by฀Dat฀Nguyen฀with฀ Rusty฀Burson.—1st฀ed. ฀ ฀ p.฀ cm. ฀ Includes฀index. ฀ ISBN฀1-58544-472-3฀(cloth฀:฀alk.฀paper) ฀ 1.฀ Nguyen,฀Dat,฀1975–฀ 2.฀ Football฀players—United฀States— Biography.฀ 3.฀ Asian฀American฀football฀players—Biography.฀ I.฀ Burson,฀Rusty.฀ II.฀ Title.฀ GV939.N46A3฀ 2005 796.332’092—dc22฀ ฀ ฀ 2005004658 ฀ To฀my฀parents,฀Ho฀and฀Tam,฀ who฀instilled฀in฀me฀the฀work฀ethic฀ and฀dedication฀to฀follow฀my฀dreams฀in฀life.฀ To฀Becky,฀the฀woman฀of฀my฀dreams฀and฀ the฀love฀of฀my฀life.฀And฀to฀Aubrey฀and฀ her฀future฀sister,฀the฀joys฀of฀my฀life. —Dat฀Nguyen To฀my฀home฀team:฀Vannessa,฀ Payton,฀Kyleigh,฀and฀Summer;฀always฀ remember฀the฀words฀of฀Philippians฀4:13.฀ And฀to฀all฀the฀U.S.฀soldiers฀and฀ Vietnamese฀refugees฀who฀made฀it฀ out฀of฀Vietnam,฀along฀with฀the฀ multitudes฀who฀did฀not. —Rusty฀Burson฀ ฀ ฀ ฀฀ ...