Julius Peppers’ hidden talent — writing

CANTON, Ohio — One week from today, Julius Peppers is going to deliver a speech he never imagined giving. Partially, that’s because he never envisioned giving many speeches, much less one at the Pro Football Hall of Fame during enshrinement weekend. But for the subtle and soft-spoken Peppers, writing that speech is almost second nature, because he’s always been a bit of a writer. He’s never been a talker, teammates can attest to that. When he sits and writes, that’s when he’s able to express himself on his terms. That’s what he did when he announced his retirement in a first-person piece on The Players Tribune , but writing is something he’s been doing for years. It’s not necessarily an everyday journal or anything like that,” he said when asked about a hobby that’s not gotten much attention. “At times I just go through and write down what happened during the day or, go back and look at things from the past. Or just creative writing sometimes, or songs.” “I don’t know if I’ve ever said that before,” he said with a laugh. “But yeah, just any kind of writing is something I enjoy.” He said he began writing when he was young, and he and one of his school friends would put his words to music. When I was little, one of my good friends, we used to write rhymes all the time,” Peppers said. “We used to listen to a lot of late ’80s rap, and hip hop when it was first coming up, and so we used to make our own songs. “We just used to write and make our own songs. I think that was the start of it that sparked it. And I’ve been doing it ever since.” As with most writers, that means he’s a reader, as well. That’s less common in the NFL, where book club doesn’t often get past playbook. But it was common to see Peppers carrying reading material on road trips, and not just the kind of leadership manuals that are so common in football, or trashy airport novels. […]

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