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I don't tend to read sports autobiographies, but I made an exception for Commitment: My Autobiography by Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (Didier Drogba).

The Ivorian is one of my favourite athletes ever, and my appreciation for the big man has only grown since he left Chelsea FC in 2015. The team, nay the whole league, has missed his power, presence, and passion. He left a big hole in all our hearts.

Drogba's memoirs are a pleasant trip down glory lane for fans, but I don't think it's a must-read.

It suffers from all the flaws of the genre, being largely a blow-by-blow account of the author's life without much of a thesis or narrative arc.

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It's also missing the salacious gossip and contentious perspectives on events and personalities that usually drive these kinds of books. That's not what I was looking for anyway, but it does mean the book is a little dry.

What I am interested in are the resonant ideas and lessons that Drogba's life a