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"When the odds were against me, I was always at my best."
When she retired at age 19, Shannon Miller did so as one of the most recognizable gymnasts in the country. The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. A shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, Shannon fell in love with gymnastics at a young age and fought her way to the top.
In 1992 she won five Olympic medals after breaking her elbow in a training accident just months prior to the Games. Then, in 1996, a doctor advised her to retire immediately or face dire consequences if she chose to compete on her injured wrist. Undeterred, Shannon endured the pain and led her team, the "Magnificent Seven," to the first Olympic team gold medal for the United States in gymnastics. She followed up as the first American to win gold on the balance beam.
Equally intense, heroic and gratifying is the story of her brutal but successful battle with ovarian cancer, a disease from which fewer than fifty percent survive. Relying on her faith and hard-learned perseverance, Shannon battled through surgery and major chemotherapy to emerge on the other side with a miracle baby girl.
Her story of trial, triumph and life after cancer reminds us all that its life's bumps and bruises that reveal our character. From early on in her career, Shannon knew that life wasn't about perfection. In this incredible and inspirational tale, Shannon speaks out so as to be seen and heard by thousands as a beacon of hope.
- Sales Rank: #157246 in Books
- Published on: 2015-04-21
- Released on: 2015-04-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.48" h x 1.05" w x 6.37" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Review
“Miller shares the life lessons that brought Olympic success and gave her the courage to battle ovarian cancer in 2011: goal setting, putting in the work, learning from mistakes, thinking positive, accepting help from others, and never giving up. Sports enthusiasts will applaud this in-depth account of Miller's life; others will be drawn to the inspiring story of a strong and gracious athlete and women's health advocate.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Olympic gold-medal-winning gymnast Miller inspires others with her work ethic... With the help of coauthor Peary, a sports writer and film critic, Miller shows what it takes to be a best-in-the world athlete. She quotes Nelson Mandela, 'Don't judge me by my successes but rather how many times I fell and got back up again.' Words for everyone to live by.” ―Booklist
“Shannon Miller has displayed strength, character, and perseverance her entire life. These traits turned her into an Olympic Champion and then helped her beat cancer. In It's Not About Perfect she shares how the traits that have shaped her life can translate into success in all walks of life.” ―Dan Jansen, Olympic Gold Medalist Speed Skater
“Shannon Miller is a champion both on and off the mat. She is not only one of the greatest gymnasts in the history of the sport, she is a great person. Her courage to win as a gymnast shines through just as it did in her battle against cancer. Through and through Shannon is not only a winner but a friend as well.” ―Mary Lou Retton, Women's All-Around Olympic Champion
“I have had the pleasure and privilege of knowing Shannon Miller as an Olympic teammate and a fellow mom. Shannon's strength and perseverance to conquer any mountain in life are something to be admired.” ―Summer Sanders, Two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
“Shannon Miller's strength and perseverance in both her sport and cancer battle is something to be admired as it can be applied to conquering any mountain in life.” ―Bonnie Blair, Olympic Speed Skater
About the Author
Shannon Miller remains the most decorated gymnast in American history. She received her law degree from Boston College. Shannon is the founder and president of Shannon Miller Lifestyle, a company dedicated to empowering women to make their health a priority. Shannon lives in Florida with her husband, son Rocco and newest addition, their miracle baby girl Sterling.
Danny Peary is an American film critic and sports writer. He has written and edited twenty-two books. He lives in New York City.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
A fierce competitor gives her all
By N. B. Kennedy
In this memoir, Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller tells her life story from birth through her gymnastics career, to her post-Olympic achievements and into her 30s, when as a young mother she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Ms. Miller is a fierce competitor, ready to tackle anything, whether the challenge is gymnastics, injuries, academics, the business world or cancer. "You give it 100 percent or nothing, there is no in between," she writes.
The vast majority of this 286-page book addresses her gymnastics career, including her two Olympic outings. The emotional highlight of the book is her recounting of her gold medal-winning balance beam performance at the 1996 Olympics. It was nice to read of a competitor who actually enjoyed her big moment, the applause of 40,000 people and her first-place perch atop the winners' platform.
Ms. Miller's cancer story comprises just 40 pages at the close of the book, and true to her nature, it is a fierce survivor's story. I had hoped to hear more of her experience of battling cancer, but she doesn't dwell on this time in her life. Perhaps she doesn't want to be viewed as a victim, but rather as the victor she always has been.
Throughout the memoir, in fact, I found it hard to maintain an emotional attachment to Ms. Miller's story. She is so relentlessly upbeat that she allows herself little personal reflection and spends almost no time parsing the troughs of her life. At one point, she declares she wants to quit gymnastics, but she gets over that within a few pages. She marries young and the marriage ends in divorce, but she devotes just two paragraphs to that episode: on one page she's married, on the next she's living alone with two dogs. What happened there?
I would also have liked to hear more about the people in her life. For example, she says she doesn't know what her current husband saw in her when they started dating. Easy enough to ask! Her parents must have made incredible sacrifices for her career, but readers don't hear much about them, except the lessons she says she inherited from them. ("Dream big and go for it!") I also get the idea that she absorbed some sort of faith from her parents, her mother in particular, but although it is mentioned a few times, faith is not a huge factor in the book -- if you aren't a person of faith, in other words, you will not find the book offensive.
All in all, this was a fine read, but not one with much depth. Perhaps this mild account is true to Ms. Miller's experience, but if you want an entirely different view of the competitive gymnastic experience, read Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
I love Shannon. I don't necessarily love Shannon's book.
By Emily
I want to start out by saying that I LOVE Shannon Miller. As a child, other kids often resorted to telling me that they liked another gymnast better than Shannon just to get the ultimate rise out of me during a "war of words." :) I dressed up as her for Halloween one year with a flag leotard and scrunchie. I couldn't have been more obsessed! Over the years I've also hung onto every word of both Krista Quiner's and her mother's books with unbridled interest.
Unfortunately, it's because of my devoted fanship that I've decided to be honest with potential readers and give you some forewarning about this book: it is very tedious. If you're a serious fan then you will find the rote regurgitation of fact about her gymnastics career to be boring and monotonous (I was literally able to finish sentences listening to the audiobook, like the Tim Dagget quote she references). On the other hand, if you're not an obsessive fan then I'm not sure you will care about the unbelievable level of mundane detail she provides ("I ate a power bar and half a banana"...).
I'm only halfway done with the book (and have not yet made it to the 96 Olympics) but I have found the first half to be one giant PR spin without much of any emotional insight. Shannon politely acknowledges that her fame might have been hard on her siblings but says they were happy for her and she was unaware of any turmoil. She gives some details: like there was controversy about the '92 Olympics trial winner, but she doesn't explain why: because Kim actually beat her in the Olympics trials portion but her Nationals scored weighed her average down, resulting in Shannon being the winner. I mean, seriously, who cares at this point..?! I find it odd that Shannon wouldn't give more insight and instead report simply that there "was controversy but it didn't bother me." It's not like they'll revoke her title at this point!
On that note, the other "controversy" Shannon alludes to is the one with Kim Kelly who qualified for the Olympics and was then arbitrarily removed from the training squad, in favor of Michelle Campi who was too injured to compete. This is a major mark on USA gymnastics and decades later her coaches (the Parkettes) were shown still shedding tears over it. This incident was basically like the 1980 Olympic trials all over again except the trauma landed on the shoulders of one lone girl who was forced to stay home. Shannon gives absolutely zero indication that she has any sympathy or empathy for Kelly in the wake of this scandal and merely reports that her own position on the team was secure. I found this passage (along with others) to be somewhat cold and severely lacking emotionally. Beyond that, it does nothing to give us insider information about the situation. Like with most portions of the book, I know more on my own about everything Shannon describes about this incident than I've gleaned from reading her account. I would be fascinated to hear more about the Karoyli world back then (which she saw during the Olympics) but her mother's book (and other people's tales) gives FAR more information about any of that than Shannon does. According to Shannon, everything was all dandy all the time!
The other shocking omission from Shannon's story is her Christian Science upbringing. Shannon talks about her family having a Christian faith and says she didn't often go to the doctor as a kid, but she fails to acknowledge the giant elephant in the room which is that she was raised a Christian Scientist. Her mother talks about this dichotomy in her own book and explains the reasons that they ultimately sought medical attention for Shannon's sports ailments. I find it really odd that Shannon wouldn't delve into this.
I think introspection into this religious affiliation (which I'm not at all judging, just remarking on) would be extremely interesting to reflect on as Shannon describes her fight with cancer. Based on her failure to mention it so far though, I'm guessing she remains completely mum on this reality.
Ultimately, I believe that Shannon got robbed of the AA gold in '92; I believe that Shannon is the greatest gymnast America has ever had (Carly Patterson is my runner up); and I have nothing but total respect for her as an athlete, mother, and fellow human. As an author though, this is a very shallow recounting of basic facts that you could read on Wikipedia in a more succinct form. I'm sorry to say this in many ways, but I was really hoping for something more in the way of connection and candor.
That being said, I'd pretty much buy a bridge if Shannon Miller promised to sell me one!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Disturbing
By Amazon Customer
As a gymnastic coach for over 30 years I received this book at a recent competition in which my gymnasts participated. I was excited to get this book and spent the next day reading it. My initial reaction was this is great that she describes the life benefits of gymnastics. With that I agree and am happy she found the inner strength she gained from the sport to help her with other adversities she faced in life. However, I was not able to sleep that night because the book kept running through my head. I realized that I found this book very disturbing. The amount of time spent in the gym, the continued injuries, the isolation, the difficult transition to live life after gymnastics, the financial and emotional sacrifice of her family are all valid arguments against doing the sport at that level. I love the sport of gymnastics and all the life lessons a child can take from the sport. Shannon's story reaffirms my coaching philosophy against children working out so many hours at the gym, pushing through injuries, and sacrificing their childhood for the remote chance they will get to the Olympics. I hope in reading this book parents and coaches who are condoning these types or practices will reevaluate the potential damage this kind of lifestyle could do to a child.
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