Don't forget to confirm subscription in your email.Lawrence Taylor — After six years, he had been named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award (1981), NFL Defensive Player of the Year a record three times (1981, 1982, 1986), First-team All-Pro six times,When the Super Bowl was over ... Everyone was so excited, but by then I felt deflated. He was kept away from the press during this period and checked himself into rehab in early September.In 1989, Taylor recorded 15 sacks.Taylor held out of training camp before the Following the 1990 season, Parcells, with whom Taylor had become very close,Taylor rebounded in the early stages of what many thought would be his final season in 1992. Carson Can’t Keep Up with Rodney Dangerfield’s Non-Stop One-Liners (1974) - Duration: 11:51. You have to govern yourself accordingly.In Taylor's final year in the NFL, he started a company called All-Pro Products. — Lawrence Taylor “ They would almost throw the cops in jail when they tried to arrest me. Athlete With that, he abstained from drugs until his 1993 retirement, as a third failed drug test would end his career.During 1995, he went through drug rehab twice. ", is a Hall of Fame former American football player. I'd won every award, had my best season, finally won the Super Bowl. Lawrence Taylor — American Athlete born on February 04, 1959, Lawrence Julius Taylor, nicknamed "L.T. But over the next three years, he was arrested twice, via undercover police officers, for attempts to buy cocaine.We're not in the '80s. We're not in the '90s anymore. He is widely considered to be the greatest defensive player in the history of American football. Lawrence Taylor. You can't tell them anything, but hopefully they will learn from the example and won't have to go through it. “ All you can do is put your story out there enough times and hope that a couple will understand that no matter what type of athlete you are – there were no athletes better than I was, there was no one who had more going for him than I did, there was no athlete stronger mentally than I was. ", is an American former professional football player. He changed the way defense is played, the way pass-rushing is played, the way linebackers play and the way offenses block linebackers. He changed the way defense is played, the way pass-rushing is played, the way linebackers play and the way offenses block linebackers.Taylor is considered one of the best players to ever play in the NFL, and has been ranked as the top defensive player in league history by news outlets, media members, former players and coaches.Washington Redskins head coach For me, crazy as it seems, there is a real relationship between wild, reckless abandon off the field and being that way on the field.Taylor began using illicit drugs during his professional rookie season, 1981–1982.As his drug habit escalated, he would spend up to thousands of dollars a day on "coke and women.