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The Senior: My Amazing Year as a 59-Year-Old College Football Linebacker | 
 enlarge | Author: Mike Flynt
Creators: Lebron James, Don Yaeger
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 142767
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0849920639
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.332092
EAN: 9780849920639
ASIN: 0849920639
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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It's Never Too Late to Tackle Your Dreams! Mike Flynt was swapping stories with some old football buddies when he brought up the biggest regret of his life: getting kicked off the college team before his senior year. So, one of his pals said, "Why not do something about it?" Most 59-year-olds would have laughed. Flynt's only concern was his eligibility. He not only returned to college football, but actually made the team at his alma mater - Sul Ross State, an NCAA division III school. His remarkable story begins with a tough upbringing by a violent father who trained him to fight at every opportunity. His fighting habit took him in and out of jail several times, until a faith conversion turned his life around on the very day he was contemplating suicide. Mike Flynt has much to offer others, not only through his story, but through his belief that it's never too late for God to heal your heart and fulfill your dreams. Foreword by NBA Superstar LeBron James.
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RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "THE HEART OF THIS STORY IS IN THE *JOURNEY*! November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The author, Mike Flynt is a fifty-nine-year-old former high school and college football player whose senior college season was cut short when he was kicked off the team and out of school... after a fight... that may or may not have been his fault... but this fight... when added to the already accrued total of fights and arrests on his record... tipped the scales to the point... that the college, Sul Ross State... didn't care... they just wanted him gone from the University. For thirty-six years after the ending of his college career, this one incident festered like an open wound in his soul... and Mike always felt it was the biggest mistake in his life... he felt he let his teammates down.
The author leads you through his life starting with his Father a grizzled World War II veteran who taught his son to box at an early age... and to always be "MENTALLY-READY" for life on the "streets". His Dad had **THREE-RULES**: "IF I EVER HEAR OF YOU STARTING A FIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A WHIPPIN' WHEN YOU GET HOME. IF I EVER HEAR OF SOMEONE STARTING A FIGHT WITH YOU AND YOU DON'T FIGHT BACK, YOU'RE GETTING A WHIPPIN' WHEN YOU GET HOME. IF I HEAR OF YOU FIGHTING AND YOU DON'T WIN, YOU'RE GETTING A WHIPPIN' WHEN YOU GET HOME." Mike definitely followed his Dad's rules, and probably fought a lot of times even if it didn't have anything to do with his Dad's rules. Mike went to high school at Odessa, Texas Permian High School... the school that was the inspiration for the book, movie, and TV series, "FRIDAY-NIGHT-LIGHTS". In fact Mike was a member of the 1965 Class 4A Football State Champions... the first championship team at that now famous school.
In 2007 he was coerced by his former Sul Ross University teammates to attend a class reunion. When he attended the Reunion, and while having a few beers and celebrating the "Glory-Days"... the conversation led to the fact that Mike still had a year of college athletic eligibility left. Though fifty-nine-years old, Mike was in tremendous physical shape... and one thing led to another... and Mike was eventually approved to try out for the current Sul Ross team... even though he was older than the coach... and had children older than the players. Being that sports was the center of my existence during my school years and after... and the fact that I got kicked off my team in my junior year for the same offense as the author... I related very well with Mike's plight. But since it was my junior year... I got to make amends in my senior year. Mike saw a fleeting shot... albeit thirty-six-years later... to put a permanent bandage on an old wound. Obviously at fifty-nine-years old Mike was not going to be a major player... if he made the team... but to me making the team is the "sizzle"... not the "steak"... in Mike's life. The "steak"... and heart and soul of this story... is Mike's journey... from brawler... multiple arrests and nights in jail... to successful man... successful Father/husband/Grandfather... and a man who found G-d.
This book is about a tremendous journey... the destination is simply what got the story told!
P.S. I've been called a lot of things in my life... but the two best were SON and FATHER... and because of that the most touching words in this entire book, was the dedication that Mike made in the beginning of the book:
**TO MY DAD**
"FOR ALL THE THINGS HE TAUGHT ME, RIGHT OR WRONG, NO FATHER EVER LOVED A SON MORE THAN MY DAD LOVED ME."
 Redemption November 24, 2008
This is a story about a man who tells how much he loved football and his father. His father had a hard life and he wished his son to be able to take care of himself. Mike took his father's rules with him a long time until they began to stand in his way. He still wanted to play football at 59. His life fell into place where he had the opportunity to talk about this to his old school, Sol Rush. I believe the book has many life lessons with Mike's journey the road of Redemption.
Inspiring... October 11, 2008
Mike Flynt, Don Yaeger
Thomas Nelson, 2008
ISBN: 9780849920639
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 10/08
5 stars
Inspiring...
Mike Flynt grew up in a tough family. He learned to fight when he was young. During his senior year at Sul Ross State University, he was the Captain of the football team. Unfortunately, he was kicked off the team for fighting.
Flynt married and raised a family, but was filled with regrets for not completing his senior. Friends and family encouraged the 59-year-old man to return to college. Flynt is a man to be admired. There are few true heroes in today's world; Flynt is one of them. He demonstrated courage, humility, perseverance, and willpower.
It is never too late and we are never too old to capture our dreams. The Senior is an incredible story. I am not a football fan (sorry Mike), but I am a Mike Flynt fan. His story is a true inspiration. The photographs add much to the story. The writing style is conversational and enjoyable. Whether you are a football fan or not you will enjoy The Senior.
Whatta Comeback! October 10, 2008
I couldn't put this book down. Read it at one sitting. Althought many people won't understand Flynt's mindset about fist fighting it is one shared by many of us that were raised in West Texas. The book was excellent and I invite everyone to read this. Quite inspirational.
It's never too late to pursue redemption October 10, 2008
A thoroughly enjoyable read! Being over 50 and an ex-jock, the cover got my attention right away - a 59 year old guy going back to college to play football, give me a break. The first few pages pulled me in and I was hooked. I appreciate Mike's authenticity in sharing his early years, warts and all before growing into a fine man and inspiriation. Way to go Mike - glad you were able to redeem yourself and share your story with the rest of us!
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