Warren moon

After talked about his life as a child he went into his recruiting experiences. His performance in high school caught the attention of the Universiyu of Washington. A coach named Don James offered Moon a chance to transfer to school with a stronger football program. Moon said he had doubts about playing for this team because of the racial tension that existed there under a previous coach. Also less than four percent of the school was black, but despite his doubts he decided to play for the school and he ended up warming the bench until his junior year and when he got play time he became the starting quarterback just as he did in high school. The Huskies stumbled to a 5-6 record when he was the starting quarterback. Moon also talked about the racial tension in the crowd and said he was booed by his own fans and often called names from the stands. Every time his team lost the blame was put on him mainly because he was the only black player on the field. This part of the book really shows how difficult it was for a young black man to succeed back then and how much harder he had to work to get where he wanted to be. But even though a lot of people tried to bring him down he lead his team to the rose bowl and won. He also won the conference championship. When moon played for the Oilers he was the highest payed nfl player before he even played. They offered a $5.5 million dollar contract. When moon joined Houston they were the worst franchise in the NFL having won only three games the previous two seasons. This showed Moon's confidence in his playing skills and he said it was one of the challenges of being apart of a growing situation.