Surround Yourself with Greatness takes readers around the world while looking through the eyes, mind, and heart of Chad Lewis - a once freckle-faced, four-eyed, skinny teenager who at an early age wrote in his journal, "My goal and quest is to surround myself with greatness . . . only greatness will penetrate the walls of my heart." Within these soul-searching, character-framing chapters, we meet extraordinary people - coaches, teammates, friends, and family - and learn what a profound influence we have on each other's lives. From the miraculous, near-death experience of his father to the life-changing events in Taiwan as a missionary to the brutal football training camps and his nine-year career in the NFL, Chad takes us on a path to our own self-discovery as he shares hi