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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to LifeLance Armstrong's life changed greatly when he was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer. His prognosis was not good because the cancer had spread to his lungs and brain. When Armstrong was told that his chance3s of survival were slim, he decided to fight the disease in ever way he could. He sought and received many different expertise opinions on how to treat the disease Armstrong gathered information and studied the disease so he was able to decide the best possible treatment for himself. Because of his cancer, Armstrong was forced to put his professional bicycling career on hold. After three months of intense chemotherapy, Lance's body positively responded to the chow, which successfully eliminated all cancer cells from his body.After Lance recovered from cancer, he began to train for the Tour de France in the challenging mountains of France. Armstrong's relentless determination and strong will propelled him back onto the international cycling circuit. The next stop for Lance would be the classic Tour de France. This book also explains the courting of Lance's wife and the birth of his son. It's Not About the Bike is an inspiring story about the spirit of Lance Armstrong's struggles and successes. You will walk away from this book with a true understanding of what strength and determination are.
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Not only is the book wonderfully written, it is eye-opening in every respect. Everybody knows somebody with cancer, but who really knows what they go through? This book brought me one step closer to understanding what it means to be a cancer patient. I was also fascinated by all the cycling references and stories. I finished it in 3 days.
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
What makes this book most powerful is that the author is not afraid to admit his faults and mistakes. You certainly don't end up thinking he is perfect (sometimes you believe his wife should be nominated for friendship).Yet when you finish, what really blows you away is the there really is a sports hero! With so many mindless sports bios where they make claims as to how many thousand women they have slept with, or why their 25 drug arrests were actually mistakes,or the whining that there hotel suite wasn't as good as the next guy, here is a guy with not only ability, but courage and honor to match.A friend gave me this book because I was a very serious cyclist. I probably would not have bought this book on my own, sports bios put me to sleep.As I was working on reading this book, the Tour de France was on, and I would tell my 4 year old that this is the kind of person she should grow up to be. The back story here is so powerful, it had me in tears when I saw him pull ahead of Jan Ulrich in his 3rd tour.This book is more than a good read, it is a great service because the story is one of hope, and the victory has very little to do with biking.
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
This was an amazingly well written/well edited book by an athlete who manages to inspire us while staying a regular guy. I was really pleased to see how readable the book was, and even more pleased to read about the ethics of a man who has overcome great obstacles while keeping focused on a very difficult goal. We don't have many athletes to point to when trying to show our children a well-balanced, high-achieving adult. Lance Armstrong fits the bill.I would recommend this book to cancer patients and survivors, to those interested in bicycle racing, to kids needing a book to use for a report on heroes, to single parents needing encouragement (Armstrong's mother was a single parent), and to readers in general who need an inspirational story to read.
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Most people know Lance Armstrong as the 2-time Tour de France Winner, but first and foremost, he is a Cancer Survivor. Whether you're into cycling or you are familiar with the struggle, mentally, emotionally, and physically, of battling cancer, this book will draw you into itself and not let go of you until you've finished it. It is written in a very conversational tone, which makes it very easy to read, and there are some good life-lessons to glean from his experience. You'll learn quite a bit about dealing with cancer, as well as a thing or two about the athletics and politics of bicycle racing. This is not just another athlete spending 200+ pages talking about himself - this guy has something worth saying ... and something worth reading.
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
This is the most challenging athlete's story I've read since Jabbar's GIANT STEPS. It is filled with wonderful juxtapositions. Armstrong is arrogant but honest, tremendously focused yet capable of shallow flightiness, loving and predatory. In other words, he proves to be thoroughly human.As a recreational cyclist and longtime fan of the sport, I followed with great interest the career of this young Texan. I remember hearing the devestating news of his illness and like many other people was shocked to witness perhaps the greatest comeback in sports history. This book gives the reader a behind-the-scenes perspective on these events. It is well-arranged and paced so that the inspired reader hits no dead spots. Don't, however, expect to find a completely likeable guy. Armstrong's competitive nature makes Michael Jordan look like, well, a boy scout.