With this credo, Gale Sayers became one of the best running backs in the history of the NCAA and professional football. In his classic memoir, I Am Third, Sayers recounts the triumphs and disappointments of his brilliant career. He also tells the story of his close friend and teammate Brian Piccolo, whose struggle with cancer was immortalized in one of the most popular TV movies ever made, Brian's Song.
Thirty years later—as ABC's new version of Brian's Song brings the story to a new generation of viewers—/ Am Third continues to inspire. Whether sharing his thoughts on the game of football and what it takes to play it, recounting his long journey from Omaha's ghetto streets to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, or witnessing his friend's courage in the face of death, Gale Sayers shows himself to be a man who played football for a living, but lives for much more than that great game alone.