''Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field'' is a

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by former

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wide receiver Donald Driver, with assistance from sportswriter and author

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. Published in 2013, Driver recounts his childhood spent in poverty, his unlikely rise in athletics through college, and his 14-year career in the

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culminating in his victory in

Super Bowl XLV Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion ...

. The book became a ''New York Times'' Best Seller. It was named by ''

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'' as a best seller in the hardcover non-fiction category the first month it was released. ''

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'' also ranked ''Driven'' as the third best sports book published in 2013.

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