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World Service,18 Feb 2026,12 mins

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How do we as individuals balance the challenges thrown at us in life and not engage in damaging behaviour. For Steve Wright, there as an added layer of difficulty. His job as an NFL player required him to act in, and occupy an aggressive state of mind. But flicking a switch to go from mild mannered to threatening and destructive and back again wasn't easy. Alongside his wife and author Lizzy Wright, Steve explores the subject in their book "Aggressively Human: Discovering Humanity in the NFL, Reality TV, and Life." Photo: The Not by the Playbook team meet Steve and Lizzy Wright (Credit: BBC)

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