Julie's review of It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
Julie's review
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Read in February, 2008
This review will probably upset some people, but here it is: I had more respect for Lance Armstrong before I read this book. Now I just think he's pompous, self-absorbed, and egotistical.
So you survived cancer...big deal. What, do you think you deserve a friggin' cookie? People survive cancer every day. People are diagnosed every day. People are re-diagnosed every day. People suffer from treatment every day. People fight insurmountable odds every day. But nobody writes a book about them. Nobody hails them as heroes for exhibiting the most basic human instinct - the need and desire to survive.
And I am completely fed-up with celebrities starting new foundations with themselves as centerpieces because simply supporting an esiting orgainization isn't nearly self-aggrandizing enough. "I wanted to start a foundation, but I was unclear what it would do." Are you serious? If you aren't sure what you'd do with the money raised by your foundation, you have no bus...more
So you survived cancer...big deal. What, do you think you deserve a friggin' cookie? People survive cancer every day. People are diagnosed every day. People are re-diagnosed every day. People suffer from treatment every day. People fight insurmountable odds every day. But nobody writes a book about them. Nobody hails them as heroes for exhibiting the most basic human instinct - the need and desire to survive.
And I am completely fed-up with celebrities starting new foundations with themselves as centerpieces because simply supporting an esiting orgainization isn't nearly self-aggrandizing enough. "I wanted to start a foundation, but I was unclear what it would do." Are you serious? If you aren't sure what you'd do with the money raised by your foundation, you have no bus...more
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My comment isn't as harsh as Pat's but to survive cancer and then return and win the world’s most difficult endurance sporting event. I think your perspective is just a bit off.
