Bad as I Wanna Be

Informationen zum Autor Dennis Rodman is a seven-time NBA rebounding champion. He earned five NBA championships rings in his 14-year career: 1989 and '90 with the Detroit Pistons and 1996, '97, and '98 with the Chicago Bulls. He has also been named Defensive Player of the Year twice (1990, '91); All-NBA Third Team twice (1992, '95); All-Defensive First Team seven times (1989-92, '93, '95, '96); and an NBA All-Star twice (1990, '92). In 2011, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Rodman is the author of two other books: Bad As I Wanna Be (1994), a New York Times bestseller that reached #1; and Walk on the Wild Side (1997). Klappentext A wild ride inside the glowing head of Dennis Rodman-the NBA's greatest rebounder and America's most outspoken and outrageous athlete. When Sports Illustrated put the man they call "America's most provocative athlete" on their cover, they sold more copies than any other issue they had sold in a decade (except the swimsuit issue). Why? Because Dennis Rodman has more in common with Mick Jagger than with his teammate Michael Jordan. With his body-covering tattoos and ever-changing fluorescent hair, Rodman's sideline antics and celebrated benchings captivated sports fans as much as his record-breaking on-court performances and earned him a reputation as a rebel with the same penchant for shocking behavior as his on-again off-again squeeze, Madonna. In Bad as I Wanna Be he shares his surprising and candid opinions on: • Mortality: "If I die young, everybody's going to say they saw it coming." • His game: "I never want to score. Never. I want to rebound." • Having it all: "From the outside I had everything I could want. From the inside I had nothing but an empty soul and a gun in my lap." . . . And so much more, including his life, from going to prison for stealing watches to his daughter, the light of his life. At a time when most celebrities and professional athletes try to control their public personas like politicians and refrain from expressing their true beliefs, Dennis Rodman is a refreshingly unique, uncompromising individual who both transcends his world and refuses to conform to it. Bad as I Wanna Be is as candid, intriguing, and unforgettable as he is.At that point in her life Madonna was ready to settle down. She was really cool to be around--mellow, low-key, caring. She has this public image of being hard and tough, but underneath that she's a sensitive person. She likes to be held and comforted. I wasn't ready to settle down, though. She wanted me to calm down a little and be happier just hanging with her and living a slower lifestyle. She used to say, "I've been through that stage. I've been wild and crazy." She wanted me to get through my wild stage, too, but I couldn't just drop everything. I was still having fun, still looking for new challenges. I wanted to go out on my boat, hang with my friends, but she couldn't do that. If she did, everyone would have gone ballistic. She was always looking for places where she could BE A PERSON and NOT MADONNA, and that was hard for her. She couldn't just come down to Dallas and hang out with me and my friends. They'd be too freaked out, and it would end up being a bad situation. I don't have to be hidden behind closed doors. The way I look at it, if people get used to seeing something, pretty soon it's a regular thing. Before long, seeing me out at a club isn't a big deal. I tried to get her to go out, but I think she's pretty much afraid of going out. In her position, there's a little fear about what people might do to her. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOME CRAZY PERSON IS GOING TO START STALKING YOU when you're that high-profile, like that Hoskins guy who said if he couldn't have her he'd slice her throat from ear to ear--t...

Klappentext

A wild ride inside the glowing head of Dennis Rodman-the NBA's greatest rebounder and America's most outspoken and outrageous athlete.

When Sports Illustrated put the man they call "America's most provocative athlete" on their cover, they sold more copies than any other issue they had sold in a decade (except the swimsuit issue). Why? Because Dennis Rodman has more in common with Mick Jagger than with his teammate Michael Jordan. With his body-covering tattoos and ever-changing fluorescent hair, Rodman's sideline antics and celebrated benchings captivated sports fans as much as his record-breaking on-court performances and earned him a reputation as a rebel with the same penchant for shocking behavior as his on-again off-again squeeze, Madonna.

In Bad as I Wanna Be he shares his surprising and candid opinions on:
• Mortality: "If I die young, everybody's going to say they saw it coming."
• His game: "I never want to score. Never. I want to rebound."
• Having it all: "From the outside I had everything I could want. From the inside I had nothing but an empty soul and a gun in my lap."
. . . And so much more, including his life, from going to prison for stealing watches to his daughter, the light of his life.

At a time when most celebrities and professional athletes try to control their public personas like politicians and refrain from expressing their true beliefs, Dennis Rodman is a refreshingly unique, uncompromising individual who both transcends his world and refuses to conform to it. Bad as I Wanna Be is as candid, intriguing, and unforgettable as he is.

Zusammenfassung
A wild ride inside the glowing head of Dennis Rodman—the NBA's greatest rebounder and America's most outspoken and outrageous athlete.

When Sports Illustrated put the man they call "America's most provocative athlete" on their cover, they sold more copies than any other issue they had sold in a decade (except the swimsuit issue). Why? Because Dennis Rodman has more in common with Mick Jagger than with his teammate Michael Jordan. With his body-covering tattoos and ever-changing fluorescent hair, Rodman's sideline antics and celebrated benchings captivated sports fans as much as his record-breaking on-court performances and earned him a reputation as a rebel with the same penchant for shocking behavior as his on-again off-again squeeze, Madonna.
 
In Bad as I Wanna Be he shares his surprising and candid opinions on:
• Mortality: “If I die young, everybody’s going to say they saw it coming.”
• His game: “I never want to score. Never. I want to rebound.”
• Having it all: “From the outside I had everything I could want. From the inside I had nothing but an empty soul and a gun in my lap.”
. . . And so much more, including his life, from going to prison for stealing watches to his daughter, the light of his life.

At a time when most celebrities and professional athletes try to control their public personas like politicians and refrain from expressing their true beliefs, Dennis Rodman is a refreshingly unique, uncompromising individual who both transcends his world and refuses to conform to it. Bad as I Wanna Be is as candid, intriguing, and unforgettable as he is.

Leseprobe
At that point in her life Madonna was ready to settle down.  She was really cool to be around--mellow, low-key, caring.  She has this public image of being hard and tough, but underneath that she's a sensitive person.  She likes to be held and comforted.

I wasn't ready to settle down, though.  She wanted me to calm down a little and be happier just hanging with her and living a slower lifestyle.

She used to say, "I've been through that stage.  I've been wild and crazy." *She wanted me to get through my wild stage, too,* but I couldn't just drop everything.  I was still having fun, still looking for new challenges.  I wanted to go out on my boat, ha…