The Agent
My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game
- 321 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The real-life "Jerry Maguire" shares stories of his game-changing career in the high-stakes world of professional sports in this
New York Times
bestseller.
Leigh Steinberg is renowned as one of the greatest sports agents in history, representing such All-Pro clients as Troy Aikman, Bruce Smith, and Ben Roethlisberger. Over one particular seven-year stretch, Steinberg represented the top NFL Draft pick an unheard of six times. Director Cameron Crowe credits Steinberg as a primary inspiration for the titular character in Jerry Maguire, even hiring Steinberg as a consultant on the film. Lightyears ahead of his contemporaries, he expanded his players' reach into entertainment. Already the bestselling author of a business book on negotiation, the original superagent is now taking readers behind the closed doors of professional sports, recounting priceless stories, like how he negotiated a $26.5 million package for Steve Young—the biggest ever at the time—and how he passed on the chance to represent Peyton Manning.
Beginning with his early days as a student leader at Berkeley, Steinberg details his illustrious rise into pro sports fame, his decades of industry dominance, and how he overcame a series of high-profile struggles to regain his sobriety and launch his comeback. This riveting story takes readers inside the inner circle of top-notch agents and players through the visionary career of Leigh Steinberg, the pre-eminent superagent of our time.
"NFL crazies will eat this like snack food." ?
Kirkus Reviews
"As detailed by super-agent Leigh Steinberg . . . possibly the most successful sports agent in history . . . the business of signing top sports talent is fraught with eccentricity." —
New York Post
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword by Warren Moon
- Preface
- 1. Like Father, like Son
- 2. Berkeley
- 3. Bart
- 4. Fitting the Profile
- 5. Reaching for the Moon
- 6. Client Maintenance
- 7. The Franchise Quarterbacks
- 8. Triumphs and Trials
- 9. Troy and Jerry
- 10. Leading the Draft
- 11. Free at Last
- 12. Ticking Time Bomb
- 13. Big Daddy and Big Deals
- 14. Show Me the Money
- 15. The Wrong Choices
- 16. The Beginning of the End
- 17. The End
- 18. A New Beginning
- Photographs
- How to Use the Index
- Also by Leigh Steinberg and Michael Arkush
- About the Authors
- Copyright