Scott Bolzan Scott Louis Bolzan ( born July 25 , 1962 ) is a motivational speaker , author , entrepreneur , former NFL and USFL football player , and the founder and CEO of Legendary Jets in Tempe , Arizona . In December 2008 , he suffered a brain injury which has left him with profound retrograde amnesia . Scott , along with Joan Bolzan and Caitlin Rother , have written a book titled " My Life : Deleted " , which was published by Harper Collins and was released on October 4 , 2011 . " My Life : Deleted " appeared on The New York Times Best Seller List on October 8 at # 16 for ebooks non - fiction and # 29 for combined hardcover and ebooks non - fiction Early life . Scott Bolzan was born to Louis and Alice Bolzan in 1962 . He grew up in Chicago , Illinois where he attended Northern Illinois University from 1980 to 1984 on a full athletic scholarship . It was there that he met his wife , Joan , whom he married in 1984 . Football career . In college , Bolzan played football for the Northern Illinois Huskies . After graduating , he went on to play professionally , though his career lasted only two years . Bolzan was drafted in May 1984 by the New England Patriots in the 9th round . He was waived by the Patriots in August of that year . He went on to play for the Memphis Showboats in the USFL in 1985 . Bolzan was then picked up by the Cleveland Browns in May 1985 and later waived in September 1985 . He was re - signed later in the month and cut in October . Bolzan was signed by the Browns again in May 1986 . He was injured in August 1986 and retired soon after . Entrepreneurship . After his football career ended due to an injury , Bolzan entered the financial services field where he owned his own financial planning firm specializing in insurance and investments . After moving to Arizona in 1993 , he took up aviation , and later developed West Jet Aircraft — a charter company specializing in the charter of Lear Jet s and King Airs in the Scottsdale area of Arizona . West Jet grew to become the Number 1 Charter Operator in Arizona according to " Arizona Ranking Magazine " in 2007 . He sold West Jet aircraft in February 2008 and opened the doors of Legendary Jets shortly after , where he is the CEO / Founder specializing in private jet management . Brain injury . On December 17 , 2008 , Scott Balzen slipped in the men ' s bathroom at his place of work . He says his last " actual memory " was " my feet going above my head " . The fall caused a severe concussion . Bolzan was initially told his memory loss was normal and temporary , but as months passed by and he still did not remember any part of his life before the fall , he revealed his condition to his wife and they sought help from neurologist s . A SPECT scan of Bolzan ' s brain showed that he had no blood flow to his right temporal lobe — the part of the brain that stores long - term memory . Blood flow to the front of his brain on both sides is also dramatically reduced . He suffered brain atrophy , which killed brain cells and damaged connections between them . The loss of blood flow caused Bolzan to suffer an unusually severe case of retrograde amnesia . Dr . Teresa Lanier , Bolzan ' s primary physician , has said " It would basically have to be a miracle for him to one day wake up and have complete and intact memory of everything he has lost . That ' s probably just never going to happen . " Bolzan ' s wife has tried to help him remember parts of his life since his fall , showing him photographs of key events in his life in hopes of jogging his memory . Along with memories of his personal life , he has lost memories of historical events and basic interpersonal relationship concepts . He did not understand birthday s or the relationship between a husband and wife . He had no reference points . He did , however , remember basic life tasks , like using eating utensil s and how to drive a car . Scott has appeared on talk shows such as Dr . Phil , The View , Fox and Friends , Good Morning America , The Huckabee Show , The Doctors , Nightline , guest appearance on Couples Therapy . Scott has also been a guest on numerous syndicated radio shows and local news stations . The New York Post published an article on October 9 , 2011 reporting that a doctor who examined Bolzan after his fall stated that Bolzan was possibly " feigning his alleged memory deficits " , explaining that it is questionable that an injury to one part of the brain could affect all the different memories distributed among the organ , while not damaging his cognitive abilities or his ability to form new memories . The article also cited other neurologists who , while having not examined Bolzan , stated that his amnesia violates fundamental knowledge of neurobiology , in that old memories are more resistant to brain damage than recent ones , in contrast to Bolzan ' s case .