Reviews for The Best That I Can Be: An Autobiography

The average rating for The Best That I Can Be: An Autobiography based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-03 00:00:00 Luis Dodson The man is 5 stars. Giving 4 to his biography. Humble, professional, caring, competitive, and tough in so many ways... Rafer Johnson is a true American hero and inspiration. I had marked this as to-read after finishing David Maraniss' book about the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Johnson was maybe the most important athlete from those games (or a close 2nd to Cassius Clay). His life before and after is just as action-packed. Today's superstar, entitled, millionaire professional athletes need to read this book. Rafer is how it is supposed to be. Rafer is how you are supposed to act. Rafer is your model.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-22 00:00:00 Jesse Gomez Rafer's THE MAN! Excellent book about a great multi event athlete and one of the greatest athletes of the 1950's and 60's. Good detail about his UCLA teammate C.K. Yang of Tiawan, who, had it not been for Rafer would have been the greatest athlete of the 50s and 60s. Includes some long forgot, yet very inspirational quotes ("Rafer, it's your time to be 10 times fierce!") from legendary UCLA track coach Ducky Drake.