Michael Oher says 'The Blind Side' didn't portray work ethic prior to joining Tuohy family

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Michael Oher became the inspiration to a generation as his journey from homelessness to the NFL was portrayed in "The Blind Side."

But during a recent interview, Oher said the movie, of which he's grateful for its impact around the world, didn’t tell the whole truth when it came to his eventual success of making it to the league and becoming a Super Bowl champion with the Baltimore Ravens.

"At the end of the day, I had drive, ability. The want to succeed and be something, and it didn’t show the work ethic I put in to get to that point," Oher told Salon Talks while promoting his new memoir, "When Your Back’s Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Adversity."

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Michael Oher of the Ole Miss Rebels stands with his family during senior ceremonies prior to a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 28, 2008, in Oxford, Mississippi. (Matthew Sharpe/Getty Images)

"You have to understand that came out in 2009. When I moved in with the family, I was an All-American football player already."

The movie doesn’t show that Oher was already a standout football player, he said. Rather, the film makes it seem that joining the Tuohy family, from which Oher is now trying to end his conservatorship, led to him becoming a stud on the gridiron.

Oher’s talents in the film are non-existent before it’s suggested by the family that he join the football team at a private school.

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"I was 18, and I moved in a couple of weeks before senior year of