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It’s Not about the Bike: My Journey Back to Life is a memoir by cyclist Lance Armstrong and sports writer Sally Jenkins. It was published in 2000, before the performance enhancing drugs scandal that led to Armstrong being stripped of his titles.
- Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins
- 2000
- “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
- “Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.” ― Lance Armstrong,
- “The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked myself, if I was going to die, did I want to do it fighting and clawing or in peaceful surrender?
- “My mother told me... if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.” ― Lance Armstrong, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.
The reality is very different and the beauty and honesty of It's Not About the Bike is that Armstrong tells the entire story, not just the triumphant ending. He takes you through the surgeries, the seemingly endless days of profound chemotherapy induced illness and the rehabilitation.
Nov 8, 1999 · In this memoir, Armstrong covers his early years swiftly with a blunt matter-of-factness, but the main focus is on his battle with cancer. Readers will respond to the inspirational recovery story, and they will appreciate the behind-the-scenes cycling information.
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- Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life is a 2000 autobiographical book by American cyclist Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins.
- Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins
- 2000
Summary. Excerpt. Before and After. I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour.
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Written in a conversational, straightforward tone, the book chronicles Armstrong's childhood in Texas as the son of a strong, loving, supportive, financially struggling, young mother; his beatings at the hands of a step-father; and his early excellence at endurance athletics.
