Books : Beneath the Surface
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.21092
EAN: 9781596703520
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 1596703520
Label: Sports Publishing LLC
Manufacturer: Sports Publishing LLC
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 282
Publication Date: August 20, 2008
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Sales Rank: 3335
Studio: Sports Publishing LLC
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Eight Olympic medals, including six gold and two bronze in Athens in 2004, Michael Phelps is the current holder of six world records, and seven gold medals at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. Phelps is well on his way to his ambitious goal of "changing the sport of swimming." But despite Michael's pre-eminence in the pool, his story is not a swimming diary but a tale of adversities overcome and redemption through persistence. This new softcover edition contains a substantial update, as Phelps reflects on his life since his record-setting performance in Athens. The Olympic star reflects on his November 2004, DUI arrest. He recalls his experiences as a student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Phelps also takes readers poolside for his record-setting 2007 performance in Australia and shares his thoughts heading into the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
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Brandon
Beneath the Surface, a Biography about and by Michael Phelps. Reading this book really made me start to think about my life. About how much I want to accomplish and how much is realistically in my reach. Before I read this biography I thought my dreams were out of control but after I read this book I realized that anything you want and put your heart too you can accomplish. Michael Phelps is an amazing guy and reading about his life really made me think about how I'm holding myself back from achieving my complete potential. I would suggest this book to everyone. Honestly I'm not a big reader and most of the time when I have to read a book I'm forced to finish. This book on the other hand I wanted to complete.
Michael Phelps is an awkward person. He has big feet, big ears, and a skinny long body. Out of the water he looks lanky and weird but once he jumps in the water he transforms into this beautiful thing. As I read this biography I really got to understand how hard and how amazing of an athlete Michael is. At the opening of the book Michael talks about how the night before his first Olympic games he was watching a hockey team going into the Olympics. The movie called Miracle was something that Michael compared his career and coach too. I thought this was very ironic because Michael is an unreal figure to a lot of people and just like everyone else he watches Disney movies.
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This was a very interesting book. I did sometimes find myself day dreaming when reading his pr & wr times. I'm sure the times would be more interesting to a swimmer as I am not. But overall I thought this was a really good book.
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This is a great read. My swimming granddaughter used this book as a report and she really enjoyed reading about Michael's life from his prospective.
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This is a good read. There is a little bit of swimming jargon that the non-swimming fan may get caught up in- but the story so surpasses that - so you don't notice much.
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Started swimming a bit and taking notice of athletes... this one is a bore. Boy starts swimming. Boy is great from the start. Boy gets gold.
Whoopty doo..
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