Reply #101: Michael Oher won't even see the film

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"... are three other players who owe their pro careers in part to white families who provided them havens from adverse circumstances, and Oher wishes his story were just as underreported as theirs. He's generally loath to discuss that difficult period in his life, and says he only flipped through the book and has no plans to see the movie...."

"You read this book or see this movie and think, Aw, he has all this and all that," Oher says. "People don't realize I had to work extremely hard to get where I am, and I'm working even harder to get better."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1163290/index.htm