Tonight’s Profile:60 will give you a different perspective of 49ers’ linebacker Patrick Willis.

From the release:

In Tuesday’s PROFILE:60 (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET), Willis visits his hometown of Bruceton, Tenn., and openly discusses an unimaginable childhood where he had no running water, no electricity and, worst of all, no compassion from the family who around him. At an early age he was forced to fend for himself and his siblings in the face of beatings and neglect by an abusive father. ESPN senior writer Jeff Chadiha speaks with Willis about the harrowing journey, the unexpected loss of a brother and his new life in San Francisco.

Excerpts:

“He’s a guy that has every reason to quit. He’s a guy that has every reason to hate everybody. Greatness is not about the guy that has all the skill and talent. Greatness is measured by the setbacks that you had in life — have you been able to fight through them and be stronger.” – Mike Singletary, 49ers head coach 2008-2010

“He looked back at me and he was like, ‘Boy, if you get in between my business like that again I’ll kill you.’” – Patrick Willis, on confronting his abusive father.