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Summary: Coward man
Review: Coward man
I just finished reading the book, I t 's not A bout the Bike. This is the must wonderful book .I have read it in my life, and it 's also a true story. It was talking about Lance Armstrong's family, disease, sports and love, how his mother was taking care of him alone with no father until he became profession of cyclist. Something strong and depression was happening and he got cancer how lance deal with it...! Every one must have this book.
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Summary: "A MIRACLE"
Review: In our ESL Class of the New York City Technical College, we read Lance Armstrong's book "It's Not About the Bike". It is about Lance's real life.When Lance became a famous cyclist racer, he got testicular cancer. After the long treatments of chemotherapy, a miracle happened. The cancer disappeared. He is free now from the illnes and stil very famous because he won the Tour de France 3 consecutive years since 1999. I wonder if all cancer cases have the same happy end. But unfortunately not everybody has the same fate. I love this book and I invite everyone to read it. It's a wonderful story.
You would see a beautiful end. Thanks to God for this miracle.
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Summary: Book of hope
Review: I like this book. It is very interesting and very hopeful book. I highly recommend this book for everybody. It is very easy to read and very interesting book. I t is also a good source of information for bike riders and for ordinary people, because nobody knows what they may face in their future: good health or a disease.
This book is hopeful, because even though Lance got sick, after he thought about himself as an invincible person, he got a good treatment. After three years he fully got back to himself and become a big winner of ¡°Tour de France¡± for three years in a row. I hope he will win this year too. One day at the press conference Lance said ¡° I¡¯m determined to fight this disease. And I will win ¡±I think this is the most important sentence in this book, it is not only important for his disease, bat also for his life. I guess the ¡°will to win¡± is very important for everybody¡¯s whole life.
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Summary: A Man Who I Want to Follow
Review: A Man Who I Want to Follow "It's not about the bike" is a wonderful and inspiring book. In this book, it talks about Lance's pre-cancer life, cancer life and post-cancer life. His life, especially his cancer life tells us about the relationship of family, friends and the other people, and how to deal with it. His life also tells us about health and sickness, life and death, happiness and sadness, about the fears and difficulties; and how we should face them and deal with them. He told us "Make every obstacle an opportunity," "Make every negative a positive,"..........
I'm not a cancer survivor or cyclist, but I know how difficult it is to ride a bike. When I was little, I attended an elementary school, which was 15 kilometers away from my village. I had to ride my bike home to get food every week. There were a lot of ascents, it was very difficult for me to climb them. But I had to climb them to get home. Sometimes I had to ride home and then ride back to school in a day, I rode almost 30 kilometers a day. This continued until I went to college in 1994. So I had the cycling experience too. But I lost this hard spirit when I came to the U.S.A. I always thought about going back to China, because I felt it was very hard to live here. I didn't know the language; it was very hard to find a satisfying job. I always felt upset. But after I read this book, I learned from this book that the road under my feet is not always smooth, it sometimes will be up and sometimes will be down. So I must follow Lance Armstrong that I must make every negative a positive, I must conquer every difficulty I meet, I must make my road smoother and smoother. Dada
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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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