Glover's work ethic the job of his mother.

From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) | Date: August 20, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Jim Thomas

ST. LOUIS _ It's almost nine years to the day that La'Roi Glover got the wakeup call _ a jolt to his ego and his career aspirations that still drives him today.

In late August of 1997, he was cut by the Oakland Raiders, who had drafted him in the fifth round out of San Diego State just a year earlier.

"It was a dream to be an NFL ballplayer," Glover said. "And just because you're cut, that doesn't mean your dreams are over. It kind of motivates you. It kind of makes you mad, a little."

The last thing Glover was going to do was quit, or give ...

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