Eugene W Napoleon: Dream Real for Teens

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Dream Real: A Top Sports Agent’s Tips for Teens
Serious About Going Pro"

by Eugene W Napoleon (Author), Michael J D’Amato (Contributor)

Dream Real offers critical, insider knowledge for teens serious about making it to the professional sports level. The book also explores Napoleon’s personal trials and tribulations as an African-American youngster from a single-parent home in one of the country’s toughest projects. Determined not to become another statistic, Napoleon went on to play professional football, won Teacher of the Year honors, and is now one of the country’s top sports agents, making multimillion-dollar deals for some of the world’s best athletes.

Featured on ESPN’s television show "Quite Frankly" and Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Finalist
 
 "Primarily the memoir of an exceptional man, ’Dream Real’ recounts the life of a professional athlete turned classroom teacher and sports agent. Born to a single mother and raised in the Jersey City Projects,

Eugene Napoleon refused to be defined by low expectations, and succeeded academically as well as on the college gridiron. After an injury cut short his professional career, Napoleon rethought his goals and decided to use his experience and positive attitude to teach students how to succeed through perseverance."
NEA Today Magazine (October 2007)

"’Dream Real’ offers critical, insider knowledge for teens serious about making it to the professional sports level. The book also explores Napoleon’s personal trials and tribulations as an African-American youngster from a single-parent home in one of the country’s toughest projects. Determined not to become another statistic, Napoleon went on to play professional football, won Teacher of the Year honors, and is now one of the country’s top sports agents, making multimillion-dollar deals for some of the world’s best athletes."
Amazon.com’s Editorial Review (September 2006)
 

About the Author
In 2005 alone, sports agent Eugene Napoleon represented the MVP of the WNBA, the U.S. Open LPGA golf champion, and a member of the White Sox World Series championship team. Napoleon, a former professional football player, is currently the CEO/President of Nap Sports and Nap Records.

Michael James D’Amato is a teacher whose experiences range from working with youth in Harlem, New York, to academic research in Paris, France. D’Amato’s first book, The Classroom, was a Barnes & Noble bestseller.
www.Theclassroombook.com