Malcolm Mitchell won a Super Bowl. But he'll tell you that learning to read was the harder — and more important — victory.

This week, Malcolm joins us to talk about growing up running away from books, feeling bamboozled by a system that never told him the whole truth about what literacy makes possible, and the moment in a college English class that changed everything. Three things you won't forget:

• He was more nervous reading aloud in class than playing in the Super Bowl
• He credits reading — not athletics — with getting drafted by the Patriots
• "I wish someone would've told me the truth. Not the 'pass your class, get an A' motivation — just the hardcore facts."

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