{"id":14375,"date":"2024-11-21T16:55:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=14375"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:56:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:56:41","slug":"terry-crosby-publishes-autobiography-do-you-have-the-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/terry-crosby-publishes-autobiography-do-you-have-the-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Crosby Publishes Autobiography Do You Have the Balls?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Terry Crosby at his book signing with Ken Cunningham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Dawn Scotland<\/em>
\nThe Truth Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI will do whatever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the personal slogan of Terry Crosby, legendary two sport athlete, philanthropist and community ambassador in Toledo, Ohio. The sports hero, who has written an autobiography Do You Have the Balls?<\/em> available on Amazon, became a published author this year in August.<\/p>\n

The journey took him five years. \u201cI felt that my life has been extraordinarily blessed by God and so unusual and unique, that I felt that it was a necessity for me to write about my life\u2019s journey,\u201d shared Crosby.<\/p>\n

Do You Have the Balls? <\/em>details all aspects of Terry Crosby\u2019s journey from his childhood, famed sports career, relationships, mentorship, community work and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just about my life legacy it\u2019s about those who had a positive impact in my life\u2026 I appreciate and respect to the highest those who had an impact on my life because if it wasn\u2019t for those same people I would not be the man I am today,\u201d Crosby said.<\/p>\n

He emphasizes his parents Leon and Dorothy Crosby and their immeasurable impact, his friends, family and mentors growing up on the west side of Toledo — from the teammates, coaches and teachers that helped to mold Crosby\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Many would say Crosby was one of the best two sport athletes (football and basketball)\u00a0 to come out of the city of Toledo. He played for DeVilbiss High School and the University of Tennessee, was drafted to the NBA with the Kansas City Kings in 1979 and later led a 17-year professional basketball career overseas in England where he holds a Guiness World Record. Now he serves as Community Ambassador for Taylor Automative.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy life is so much more complex than just the sports side,\u201d he shared. \u201cAll throughout my book I mention the word God, because He is the one who has placed me on this Earth to basically follow His instructions<\/em>. Everything you see me do \u2013 it\u2019s not me\u2013 it\u2019s God\u2019s work. So I give all praise and all glory to Him.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Crosby has experienced astounding success on the court and in life, he said one of his biggest accomplishments is becoming an author.<\/p>\n

\u201cWriting a book is one of the toughest challenges I\u2019ve ever faced in my life,\u201d he reflected. On August 21, 2024 he published his first book. \u201cI\u2019ve never felt the feeling that it gave once I became an official published author. It\u2019s hard to explain. It\u2019s a feeling of euphoria to the highest limit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wanted to open up to the world and give them an opportunity to get to know the real me because I\u2019m a very private person\u2026 even though I\u2019m out in the community everyday that\u2019s part of my job… people make assumptions about me and they have to because they don\u2019t really know me as the man that I am,\u201d Crosby added.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people don\u2019t know me\u2026 there are a lot of things that I want people to know that they don\u2019t know,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

The takeaways he hopes people of all ages and walks of life will receive: \u201cThe part about perseverance<\/em>, believing in yourself more than anyone else because if you don\u2019t believe in you how are other people going to believe in you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, emphasizing that I have had a lot of lifetime achievements in my life, but those achievements weren\u2019t given to me. I had to work for those, and it\u2019s not always been cake and ice cream for me throughout my life,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

Crosby hopes to shed a deeper light on one of Toledo\u2019s legends as well as inspire the future generation of leadership with a book that he believes will impact many people even after he is gone, \u201cthe book will be here much longer than I will,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

Crosby would like to thank his publisher Carla DuPont, based in Atlanta, for her work on the project.<\/p>\n

Do You Have the Balls to face the challenges in life and how will you handle them?<\/p>\n

\u2018Do You Have the Balls?\u2019 by Terry Crosby was listed as Amzaon.com #1 New Release Best Seller, ranked #28 in the World for Teen\/Youth Sports Biographies and is available on Amazon.com. To learn more or purchase visit Amazon.com.<\/p>\n

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