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Summary: An excellent, inspirational book
Review: This book is a definite page-turner that starts with his childhood through his first victory at the Tour de France. I now feel a renewed sense of admiration for the sport of cycling, which has been marred by blood doping and other scandals. To read a book about someone who was nearing the top of his sport before being stricken down and then coming back to reach a higher level of performance will certainly inspire hope and growth in its readers in some way or another.
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Summary: WOW
Review: This is the most incredible book I have ever read. Throughout the entire book I was in total awe. It shows how low someone who is on top of the world can really go. Armstrong draws in around of any age no matter what he does, biking or writing. He uses personal situations that everyone can relate to, even if the haven't experienced them first hand. Like when he describes having testicular cancer, he describes it with such detail one can only cringe with astonishment.
This book is not set out there for any one specific group but more of a book for anyone who will listen to his story. This is not a book that will preach about how to be successful or how he became famous. It's simply about a man that found the true meaning of life.
He sets up the autobiography very nicely starting off with his disadvantages even before he was born. Although his mother was young when he was born he and she both overcame the odds and lived their lives how the wanted too. Next he moved onto his early stages of riding, his first steps to stardom. Then out of the blue he was struck with this life threatening disease. He felt his life was over. His sense of true character came out and he came through. This is not just something that people just snap their fingers and their body is cleansed of viruses it is a time consuming process that is very mentally and physically exhausting. The chemotherapy drains the body completely.
How the book was written it felt like I came out knowing him as a person that great competitive nature that almost made him succeed not only in racing but simply living.
This book is so inspirational that it will keep anyone's mind on track even when they're having the darkest times.
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Summary: An Inspiration to us All!!
Review: Lance Armstrong certainly is an inspiration to us all I found this book very profound. Lance Armstrong shows us his journey. He deals with his entire life like a champion. He shows his human side, that he is not always perfect, and that things are not always easy. The one thing he show us the best is that he never gives up no matter how much he may want to. He takes each day as it comes and does his best not to get ahead of himself.
Another book I really enjoyed is "Working on Yourself Doesn't Work" by Ariel & Shya Kane It is about living in the moment and I found it simply delightful.
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Summary: Nathan
Review: Great Book. Shows the motivation and determination of this man, just a great book.
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Summary: Chronicles of a talented and very lucky guy
Review: We get to see the self-described Lance Armstrong with a large assist from Sally Jenkins on a journey from a somewhat disadvantaged childhood where Lance and his mother battled mostly economic odds to the present as a well-to-do Tour de France winner who has found a measure of contentment with a wife as devoted to him as was his mother and a newborn son.The book is pretty well balanced between describing Lance's cycling and his difficult battle with testicular cancer. There is no doubt that the book is part of an overall effort to capitalize on Lance's amazing Tour de France win in 1999 and after, but the sometimes angry, sometimes cocky Lance may be a little difficult to understand or tolerate by some. Lance acknowledges a great deal of good fortune in surviving cancer but does so rather disingenuously. The fact of the matter is that over 99% of the population would have never had the instant access that Lance had to specialists all over the country who as it turned made all the difference in his recovery. In addition, Lance was quite fortunate in that a bike store owner in Texas took Lance under his arm when he was very young and developed his cycling ability virtually from the ground up. It is vintage Lance Armstrong when he has falling out with his patron just as he is starting to gain some national recognition of his cycling talent. On several ocassions Lance benefited from the right guy entering his life at the right time to provide the right kind of help with his cycling. It did not have to happen that way. Some may find the book inspirational and it is to a degree. Others may see just how thin is the thread that separates success and even life itself from failure and even death.
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Summary: Extraordinary
Review: This is not the most eloquent biography, nor is it deeply philosophical. It is, however, an honest, moving and truly extraordinary story about one of America's greatest ever and surprisingly unsung heroes. I read this book in 24 hours, I wish I could erase my memory so I could enjoy it again. If you have any sort of a heart - buy this book.
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Summary: If you think you have problems...You don't!
Review: An inspirational story that made it hard to put the book down. A story of courage and overcoming the worst odds. From cancer to coming back to beat the best bikers in the world in the greatest race in the world, when nobody gave him a chance...it made me view life a little differently.
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Summary: Cover to cover in one evening
Review: Like many others, I picked up this book when the shipment arrived from Amazon and I could not stop reading it. It's an amazing story about facing adversity and taking control of your own life. My hat's off to Sally Jenkins for making this story so darn readable that there is just no place to stop and put it down. You won't be sorry that you read this book..
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Summary: It's About Human Existence
Review: I read this book over the past week after not knowing all that much about Lance Armstrong. I not only feel I "know" him now, but his struggle and triumph are truly inspirational. I am a clinical psychologist who works with people every day in an attempt to help them overcome the obstacles in their lives, both internal and external, and find true meaning and happiness. This book embodies one brave man's successful efforts to do this and to find and maintain his integrity as well. Without any ego or pretense, he describes what all of us aspire to learn about our lives and ourselves: that we can make of our time what we want to, that attitude is everything, and that the sweetest moments are often found with the perspective of loss or injury clearly in mind. I recommend this book to anyone who seeks common wisdom and understanding in their own life.
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Summary: A Must Read Book - Biker Or Not!
Review: The worst thing about this book is that it ended. You don't need to know anything about bikes to read the book and become inspired. Lance Armstrong is a true American Hero - not for winning the Tour, but for using his fame from winning to help others. In the book he speaks as if he is just the guy next door, whe has gone through a terrible ordeal but was victorious.
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