“Leave it to Jim Trotter, who knew Junior Seau better than anyone in our business, to capture his competitive essence and personal demons equally well. I had so many questions about why Seau's life ended the way it did. Jim answered them with depth and compassion in this thorough and important book.”—Peter King, editor-in-chief, The MMQB  “Few people knew Junior Seau like Jim Trotter, who gracefully guides readers into the unique world of one of the NFL’s most compelling figures of the last quarter-century. Trotter has achieved something rare here: he took a sports book and artistically crafted it into a lyrical narrative about dreams, love and, ultimately, heart-wrenching loss.”—Lars Anderson, author of The Storm and the Tide and The All Americans  “Junior Seau shot himself in the heart, maybe to save his head for the pathologist. But Jim Trotter's book is about the heart, and of the heart.”—Tom Callahan, author of Johnny U and The G.M.   “This book demonstrates why Trotter is one of the best talents in sports journalism. He didn't just write a great book about a football legend… he wrote one of the best sports biographies of all time.”—Mike Freeman, author of Bloody Sundays and Bowden  “Junior Seau lived a remarkable, passion-filled and eventually tragic life. His death may make him one of the most important figures in football history. Jim Trotter masterfully tells it all here, in a powerful book that may change the way you look at the game.”—Dan Wetzel, national columnist, Yahoo Sports   “Trotter, who covers the NFL for ESPN, tells a difficult story and tells it well...this is a powerful, thought-provoking account, handled with grace and sensitivity, of a superior football player's life and death.” —Booklist  "No media member is better qualified to write this book than Trotter...it’s a highly informative, easy read."—Nick Canepa, The San Diego Union-Tribune