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|title=Slow Getting Up

|author=Nate Jackson

|publisher=Audible Studios

|date=March 2014

|summary=There are a few sports people who become the very best in their field, but what about the rest of them? Spare a thought for Nate Jackson, he made it all the way to the NFL only to sit on the sidelines and the injury table. Laugh and wince with Jackson as he explains what life is like for the average American Football player.

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Sporting autobiographies are often written by those sports men and women who made it to the very pinnacle of their profession. Their stories surround past glories and how they lifted themselves up above the great to become the very best. However, for every superstar footballer or tennis player, there needs to be a lot more average Joes and Joettes for them to shine against. And who is to say that being an average player in a professional league is not an achievement in itself? Nate Jackson was one such ‘average’ player in the NFL – but would you call him that to his face?