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Summary: AWESOME, A MUST READ!
Review: Being an athlete myself, this book was completely inspiring and motivating, not to mention Lance's ability to beat cancer with less than 2% chance to survive. This book is easy to read and great for ANYONE to read. It is a book about life, family, and love. He is a self-motivator and gives hope to anyone reading the book. I recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: It's Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to Life
Review: Plain and simple, this book is inspiring! It's Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to Life not only makes you appreciate Lance Armstrong's personal achievement but can be an inspirational push forward for each of us. Thank you Lance for sharing the naked truth of your struggles. You have provided me with the inspiration needed to take the next step in my life!
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Summary: Truly inspiring
Review: I agree with the other reviewers, this book is difficult to put down. It is not because it is fine literature that will endure the ages (it isn't, and it probably won't), but because it reads like Lance Armstrong rides...all out. It was truly inspiring reading about the impact cancer had on Lance and how his life changed because of it. He writes that he has become two different people - 1 before cancer and 1 after. As he has now won his second Tour, devotes time to raising money for cancer research, and is a proud father, he has become a inspiration for all of us. Congratulations, Lance....
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Summary: Tuesdays with Lance
Review: Having read TUESDAYS WITH MORIE in 1998, I found Armstrong's story valuable for similar reasons. Neither book is about dying but rather about living to one's full potential. I did not have cancer, but last year I was seriouily ill and was in the hospital for almost five months and underwent three operations. This book helped me understand that my emotional state in the aftermath of this horrendous experience is not a solitary one but rather universal. This book put into words what I have not been able to articulate to my circle of family and friends. I feel anyone, cycling fan or not, would benefit from reading this story and learning the many valuable life lessons it has to offer.
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Summary: It Is SO About The Bike by fermed
Review: This fantastic person, Lance Armstrong, faced cancer, nearly died, survived, and as I write this (July 22, 2000) is about to win his second Tour de France since his brush with death. He is a superb athlete and an extraordinary human being. The adversity of his disease and its brutal treatments changed him for the better both as a sportsman and as a person; and it is his bike that runs through this book as the unifying force and the symbolic icon for what Lance does. Yes, many of the important aspects of this book have to do with things of the spirit and not with pedaling; but it is on wheels that he first encountered fame, the lack of those wheels that brought him to near despondency, and the triumphal return to his wheels that signaled his being whole once more. There is no self pity or sentimentality in these pages. This is not a book of the "inspirational" genre; but few will be able to read it without being changed for the better. Here is a man who at every stage of his life could have yielded to excuses or victimhood, but who systematically said "no" to everything except excellence and self discipline. A true winner. An exciting, fast-paced book. A great reading exoperience; about the bike and about many other things, too.
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Summary: awe inspiring
Review: I read a lot...a helluva lot. I am jaded and I admit it. But this book, and the story of Lance, his friends, his wife and his caretakers, and his mom, is simply one of the best reads I can remember. While Lance may not be the world's nicest guy, his story is one of love, devotion, unbelievable physical and mental strength, pain of unspeakable levels, terror, and miracles. As I write this he is winning the Tour deFrance. That achievement, his recovery and maybe even the man himself, are of mythic proportions. A most satisfying experience...the nicest part is that there are still chapters to be written.
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Summary: THE THRILL OF TRIUMPH!
Review: A young man coming of age. The rite of passage for Lance Armstrong encompasses brilliant Olympic athletic performances as a world-class cyclist- then being diagnosed with testicular cancer. No defeatism here, just a graphic detailed memoir of how he fought his way to recovery and a triumphant win of the coveted 1999 Tour De France bicycle race. He lovingly, graciously includes his support system, family and medical team in his heart-rending saga. Again it is graphic, especially the medical scenes and gruelling detailed training sessions, but it is a true tale of the human spirit, and its ability to triumph over astounding odds.Thrilling and inspiring.
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Summary: A True Champion
Review: This book is a fast, easy and enjoyable read. All I knew about Lance Armstrong before reading the book was what everybody knows about him -- 1999 Tour le France winner and cancer survivor. This book is a glimpse to the "man behind the athelete" or a glimpse of the humanity that makes up Lance Armstrong. I was touched by his honesty on every subject he wrote about. Reading about his upbringing and how close he is to his mother, about meeting and falling in love with his wife (Kik) and about the conception and birth of his son speaks as the completeness of Mr. Armstrong. Highly recommend reading this book.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is such a great and inspiring book. It's amazing how he and Bristol Myers-Squibb allowed him to overcome his cancer. And what's even more amazing that he won the Tour de France. This book is plain great!
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Summary: Very Impressed!
Review: It is kind of funny, I raced thru this at a pace that I usually do not read at! Like I had some race to finish! It is told with such ease and openess that you forget that you are reading! Be prepared to open some emotional floodgates! Especially if you are motivated by victory and like to see people succeed! The only problem I had was putting it down when I finished!
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