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Summary: NEVER QUIT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO WALK TO THE FINISH LINE.
Review: "It's not about the bike", like the title said, is not only about racing, but also about life generally .In the book you are going to read about fear, courage, support, friendship, love and victory. You'll find all of the feelings that anyone always meets in your life, makes Lance a human being like everyone. In this book, he's sending us a message about how life can be full of challenges and if we make up our mind we can be surprised about what we can do. You'll find a lot of great quotations like "make every obstacle an opportunity" etc. which can be very instructive in your life.This book was my first autobiography and I'm glad that I read it, because immediately after you finished reading your life is going to be very inspired.I also like the style of the writing because everybody can read without any difficulties. The messages are very strong and frank. I didn't know anything about Lance, now it's like I always knew him. This year I wish he'd win the Tour de France, but this time I'm going to follow all the stages of the race.
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Summary: AN INSPIRING BOOK
Review: AN INSPIRING BOOK June 4 2002 Reviewer: J.Alfonso Gutarra NY USA
I am fascinated with the story of Lance; I used to follow the la tour de France all those years when Miguel Indurain was the winner. And I know this struggle to win those inches in the race, that why when I read this book I could imagine Lance's comeback, from lying in the hospital with cancer, going through the chemotherapy, facing the death and still keeping in the heart the idea of being a champion, That is amazing. No doubts than Lance is an" extraordinaire" person, who has a very candid relationship with every person in his world, blessed of a great physical and mental strength, and I think he is going to win again in those important races in Europe.
This is an inspiring book for everybody. It is, about somebody who came back practically from the dead, somebody who never gave up. Also he is a classical winner, a beloved man, No only for his mother, and his friends everybody love Lance, He is a lucky man too.
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Summary: Extremely Interesting.
Review: Even for me, someone who wasnt into the sport of Bicyling- It was so intereting from start to finish. I wanted to know more.
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Summary: True story of human will and spiritual strength
Review: This book was a page turner for me. It is a great example of how strong the human will can be in the hard and difficult struggles life throughs at you.
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Summary: Written like a true Texan
Review: Perhaps the most noticeable part of the book is its sparse, honest, Texas style. In what was mentioned in innumerable reviews before, Lance discusses cancer, and how that affects his career choice, which happens to be competitive bicycle riding. Hey, we all have careers, Lance points out. The book isn't really about the Tour de France, and it is, simply, a boon for other men reading about cancer. But that's not what makes the book great. It's the sheer honesty, sort of editor be cursed personality that bleeds through pages, that makes the book special. Probably there are many books written about cancer, and how men can survive it. There probably aren't as many books written as if you were hearing it from a guy at a bar. Plus, much to the jealousy of biography and autobiography writers everywhere, there are no false, contrived moments here. Not that this dude has to make up anything anyway, but there's a honesty of what he experienced, his suffering, and hope. Simple, straightforward, honest. If you ever go to Texas, you know what I mean.
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!
Review: It's Not About the Bike is a Hero's journey of a poor street boy who became a great athlete and a great person. The book is about the change of a Lance Armstrong and to his becoming a winner of the Tour De France, the greatest competition bike ride around. This book not only tells about stories of biking but it tells life stories and life lessons. It tells about how his struggle through testicular cancer and how he became a husband, a father, and an amazing person. This book shows what kind of stuff it takes to win. It shows what kind of hardships people must go through to have a good life and what how hard work pays off. Lance's book demonstrated that no matter how bad your life is going there is always worse so one should go through life with a smile and be thankful.
I would give this book a five star rating because it meant a lot to me and I could relate to a lot of it. This book is real and gives the truth without trying to sell it self. This book leaves no secrets and shows a true hero's journey and a true hero and how he can affect the world. I shared this book with my friends and family and l have not put it down until they where finished. They all agree that this is one of the greatest books ever written. This book gives a strong viewpoint of how you should treat people. It tells that you should be nice to everyone but at the same time do what you can to get yourself and the people you love on top. Everything he says makes sense because he seems to have a greater understanding for things and doesn't write or do stuff to make people happy. He does what he thinks is right. He did not begin with a good life, he fought for it and that's what I like best about the book, the story of his struggles to get through life.
I recommend this book to everyone and anyone. Whether you like biking or to read does not matter. This book will relate to anyone and it will mean something different to everyone.
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Summary: It's not JUST about the bike.
Review: This book is a great book and it's very inspirational. It's a book for kids, but it's also a book for adults. Sports fans would enjoy this book, anyone who has been touched by cancer would enjoy this book, and anyone who has had to overcome great odds would enjoy this book.
Lance Armstrong accomplished probably one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, winning the Tour De France three years in a row, after surviving cancer. His descriptions of his races were very entertaining. As a young kid Lance was a striving athlete. He won all the races, and events he entered in. He was a swimmer, a runner, and a biker; he even did all three, a triathlon. He did all of that despite many odds. He won the Tour De France despite many odds, one being cancer. Cancer destroyed Lance's sports life. He rebounded from his cancer and returned to his sports as a better athlete, but also a better person. Lance inspires the reader to do the very best they can at everything they do. "Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive." Read this book!!!
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Summary: It IS About the Bike
Review: Lance Armstrong's book goes past the sport of cycling and appeals to all readers who like a truly inspirational and uplifting story. Lance begins his story with a brief history of his childhood and his wild ways. He moves through his triathlon career and into his early professional cycling career. In his early days, Lance was all energy and youth and would often tire out before the end of the races. As he matured, he harnessed his energy and became a more strategic racer. After winning his first Tour de France, he got the bad news. Lance's battle with cancer and his ultimate triumph is a testament to all human beings. It is proof that the human spirit goes on in the face of adversity. Lance was helped through his treatments by his wife, friends, and extended family. He emerged from cancer with a chance to rebuild his body and did so with the intensity of a man half his age. Lance's renewed dedication to his family and his career, his post-cancerous Tour win, and his worldwide success are all parts of the most inspirational story of our time. After reading this book, you will be ready to climb mountains, run a marathon, or tell your family you love them. Lance's renewed outlook on life might not be just about the bike, but his success in beating cancer and his worldwide fame are. I highly recommend this book to anyone with the time to read it. It is a fast read and you do not have to be a cyclist fan to appreciate it. There is a reason this book has been on the best seller lists for so long, pick it up and find out.
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Summary: Not a book I would have expected to read a month ago
Review: I write this in early May 2002. About a month ago, I was diagnosed with cancer, and since then I have had surgery to remove the tumor and begun a series of radiation treatments to make sure that I have no remaining cancer cells. To be honest, this is not a book that I would have ever thought about reading. My reading is primarily literary and academic, and I just don't read many books about popular entertainment figures. But a friend who I thought was merely a pediatrician but who turned out to be a pediatric oncologist strongly suggested that I read this book, and I am very glad that I did. This is not primarily a book about bike racing; this is primarily a book about cancer, facts that are captured beautifully in the title. My cancer is not nearly as serious as Armstrong's was, but nonetheless so many of the emotions and feelings that he describes struck familiar chords (mine was caught very early, whereas his was discovered quite late and had spread to a number of areas of his body). I can't imagine anyone reading this book who has or is suffering from cancer and not deriving a good deal of benefit. It is comforting to know that someone else has experienced many of the same things that you have. And it is inspiring to see how at least in one case someone has come back successfully from it. Lance's story is especially valuable for men. If you look through a health section of a bookstore, you can find many, many books about women cancer survivors, but very few books by men. Let's face it: guys who are struggling with cancer are going to feel more kinship with someone suffering from a particularly male form of cancer than a woman writing about breast or uterine cancer. This book is a very interesting and easy read, which is a very good thing. If someone happens to be reading it in a situation such as mine right now, these are tremendous virtues. One of the things that struck me while reading the book was the depth of Lance Armstrong's attachment to his family and friends. In particular, his attachment to his mother and his obvious love for her is especially impressive. And unless it is merely a literary conceit, he seems to have a great deal of gratitude and affection for a very large number of people. Much of this hints of a very strong social group that helped get him through an excruciatingly difficult time. The sections dealing with bicycle racing are fine, also. But it is the sections dealing with cancer and his efforts to survive it and then recuperate from it that are the most moving, by far. I suppose that for those who want just to read an inspirational story, or for fans of competitive bicycle racing, this is a book they will thoroughly enjoy reading. But for anyone who is actually experiencing cancer first hand, this book will be invaluable.
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Summary: I couldn't put this book down
Review: I just could not lay this book down. I was reading it in the train, in the bathroom and even at work (sorry boss). My mother had cancer and I knew what it takes to overcome such a setback, but Lance Armstrong turned his life around and never gave up what he enjoyed doing. I have a new love for cycling and if Lance Armstrong can win the Tour de France after cancer, I can quit being lazy and do something in my life too. Thanks Lance.
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