Steve McNair: A Life Without Excuses

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Published: July 5, 2009

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... >nearly 24 hours after the discovery of Steve McNair’s lifeless body in a Nashville condominium.

His brief career as a Baltimore Raven was a microcosm for the tenure of his life as a football player; grit and determination willing the creation of high end results, often against the consent of his body and the disbelief of those who watched him.

Steve McNair was a man of few excuses, and his life will be celebrated for taking very little and making a whole lot for the world to enjoy. When power conference schools wanted to convert the high school quarterbacking phenom out of Mt. Olive, MS to a defensive back, he took his talent to Alcorn State, where he turned the SWAC into a personal symphony of domination from under center.

When the Houston Oilers drafted him in 1995, there were very few excuses made ...

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