02181cam a2200337 i 4500 388835342 TxAuBib 20151021120000.0 150901s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781476775685 1476775680 TxAuBib rda Strahan, Michael, 1971- Wake Up Happy : The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life / Michael Strahan with Veronica Chambers. First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2015. x, 196 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Michael Strahan spent his childhood on a military base in Europe, where community meant everything, and life, though idyllic, was different. For one, when people referenced football they meant soccer. So when Michael's father suggested he work toward a college scholarship by playing football in Texas, where tens of thousands of people show up for a weekend game, the odds were long. Yet he did, indeed, land a scholarship and from there a draft into the NFL where he scaled the league's heights, broke records, and helped his team win the Super Bowl, as a result of which he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. How? By developing "Strahan's Rules"--A mix of mental discipline, positive thinking, and a sense of play. He also used the Rules to forge a successful post pro-ball career as cohost with Kelly Ripa on Live! -- a position for which he was considered the longshot -- and much more. In Wake Up Happy, Michael shares personal stories about how he gets and stays motivated and how readers can do the same in their quest to attain their life goals. 20151021. Success. Motivation (Psychology.) Self-Actualization (Psychology.) African American Athletes Biography. African American Football Players. Television Personalities Biography. Biographies and Autobiographies. Chambers, Veronica, Author.