Thursday, September 18, 2008

Darren Mcfadden is a boss

I was reading a 4 page article on Darren Mcfadden and childhood. While reading it i figured out that he grew up in a terible neighborhood in Arkansas. While he grew up idolizing his older brothers who were in gangs, this made Darren want to be just like them. His mother Mini would try and shelter Darren because she knew she had a bright future ahead of him. Once Darren found his passion for football he had a better chance of getting out of hi slife. When Darren was in juinor high and high school his mother would use the family's grocery money to buy crack and smoke. Her main dealer was Darren's older brother. Darren says he has given up his old life and kept away from that so he can focus on his NFL carrer. One night wile he was at a night club with friends he alledgly got into a fight with another patrona dn puched him in the face. Mcfadden's life is on pace for stardom in th eNfL and all he has to do is throw away all of his old baggage.

I found this very intresting because a lot of th ereally good athletes are from the inner cities and some how they never make it to the top level. I think Darren's passion for football drove him through all of the bad in his life and brought him to his true calling which is football not a gang.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/2008/03/29/2008-03-29_after_home_life_from_hell_darren_mcfadde.html?page=0

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