It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Jun 2012 · Random House
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"I want to die at a hundred years old after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour. I don't do anything slow, not even breathe. I do everything at a fast cadence: eat fast, sleep fast." At twenty four, Lance Armstrong was already well on his way to becoming a sporting legend. Then, in October 1996, he was diagnosed with stage four testicular cancer. When lesions appeared on his brain and in his lungs, doctors gave him a 40% chance of survival. On that day Armstrong's life changed forever and in typical fashion he met the challenge head on - this was one fight he was determined not to lose. As he battled against the cancer invading his body and the chemotherapy that threatened to sap his soul, a tremendous sense of commitment emerged, to his training and to the people around him who never gave up on him. Just sixteen months after he was discharged from hospital, Armstrong entered the Tour de France, a race famed for its gruelling intensity, and won, in the fastest ever time. Just a few months after that, he became a father. It's Not About the Bike is the story of one man's inspirational battle against the odds, charting his progress through triumph, tragedy and transformation. This is an awe-inspiring tale of immense courage and will.
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Count Dracula
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September 3, 2023
I don't care what he done, for me he is phenomenal person who said his secret. Many athletes never say what they do that is shame for sport. Anyway he risked more than we behind computers judge people. Once champion always champion
Rob Broughton
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August 22, 2013
This is a book drenched in the ego of the most dipicable cheat in the history of sport. Armstrong is a narcissistic , bullying monster. Don't buy this. Boycott the man who took deceit to the lowest levels while he pilloried any one who challenged him.
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A very good books that a person can read so as to bounce back even from the worst situation.
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Lance Armstrong is a cancer fighter and was a professional cyclist. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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