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Junior Seau's Short Story

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excuses and noJunior Seau once said “ no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you’re looking. I have no time to grip misfortune. I don’t waste time looking back.” Junior Seau was one of the best linebackers in NFL history. Junior Seau was born January 19th 1969 in San Diego, California. His parents were immigrants from Jamaica. Tiaina was his real name but they called him Junior since his dad’s name was also Tiaina. He had four siblings named Annette, Savaii, Mary, and David. Since his parents came from Jamaica he did not learn english until he was seven years old. He was known to have bad sportsmanship, once in 4th grade he got on the ground and started to have a fit because he lost at a game. When he started to compete in sports people

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