Life Is Not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention
Written by Jay Williams
Narrated by Jay Williams
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But after just one season with the Chicago Bulls, a team starved for a new messiah since Michael Jordan's retirement, Williams destroyed his career when he suffered a horrific motorcycle accident. In an instant, the man with as fast a first step as any point guard in history could no longer do anything for himself, including walk.
In Life Is Not an Accident Jay Williams shares his story-both heartbreaking and uplifting-of being a young man trying to wrest control of his life from his overinvolved parents, from the pleasures and perils of fame and money, and from the near-fatal mistake that threatened to define him.
Jay Williams
Jay Williams is a former professional basketball player and current ESPN analyst. While at Duke, Jay won the Naismith College Player of the Year Award, was named the AP Player of the Year in 2002, and was a unanimous first-team All-American. Jay was drafted by the Chicago Bulls as the second overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. He is a motivational speaker, president of the Jay Williams Group, managing partner of the Leverage Agency, and a committed member of a number of charities.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely loved listening to Jay Williams talk about his life.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of my favorite Duke players of all time. I was stoked when the Chicago Bulls drafted Jason Williams and was heartbroken with how his career turned out. I’m happy to see that he figured out his plan from god and is living a great life now.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Quick read and pretty real about the hardship of trying to get back up and failing with just enough details. A tad whiny but not too much for someone who was pretty damn lucky overall.