Giveaway: Shannon Miller's New Book, "It's Not About Perfect"
Giveaway: Shannon Miller's New Book, "It's Not About Perfect"
Gymnastics legend Shannon Miller has released her new book, "It's Not About Perfect." The winner of a combined total of 16 World Championships and Olympic medals, Miller ranks as the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history. In this book, Miller talks about her incredible career as well as the challenges she faced behind the scenes both in gymnastics as well as in her personal life.
Inside cover description:
"Millions of Americans idolized Shannon Miller for her extraordinary achievements. But the challenges she faced behind the scenes are what made here a champion in both gymnastics and in life.
As a member of both the 1992 Olympic team in Barcelon and the "Magnificent Seven" team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the spitfire from Oklahoma with the frizzy hair and trademark scrunchie won hearts across the country with her competitive spirit. By the age of nineteen, she had become the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history. In this revealing memoir of an unparalleled career in which she battled excruciating injuries, Miller takes us from her first steps onto the mat to a breathless recounting of her epic gold medal-winning beam routine in '96.
But as readers learn, when Shannon nailed her landing in Atlanta, her story was just beginning. She would go on to complete a law defree and launch her own lifestyle brand. Then her life was rocked when she was diagnosed with ovarain cancer - a disease from which fewer than 50 percent survive. Relying on the determination she honed through her many year of training and competition, Shannon fought through surgery and chemotherapy, emerging on the other side with a clean bill of health and, less than two years later, a miracle baby girl.
Miller's story of trial and triumph reminds us the life's obstacles, and how we face them, are what reveal our true character. A natural-born perfectionist, she shares the central message of her life: While it may be admirable to shoot for perfection, it's not about perfect. It's about getting back up after a fall. Her inspirational memoir delivers a positive message of strength, hope, and courage for us all."
Gymnastike has a few hard cover copies of her book to GIVEAWAY! Email us at gymnastike@flosports.tv, tell us why you are Shannon Miller's biggest fan, and you could win one!
Read Gymnastike's review of the book here.
Inside cover description:
"Millions of Americans idolized Shannon Miller for her extraordinary achievements. But the challenges she faced behind the scenes are what made here a champion in both gymnastics and in life.
As a member of both the 1992 Olympic team in Barcelon and the "Magnificent Seven" team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the spitfire from Oklahoma with the frizzy hair and trademark scrunchie won hearts across the country with her competitive spirit. By the age of nineteen, she had become the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history. In this revealing memoir of an unparalleled career in which she battled excruciating injuries, Miller takes us from her first steps onto the mat to a breathless recounting of her epic gold medal-winning beam routine in '96.
But as readers learn, when Shannon nailed her landing in Atlanta, her story was just beginning. She would go on to complete a law defree and launch her own lifestyle brand. Then her life was rocked when she was diagnosed with ovarain cancer - a disease from which fewer than 50 percent survive. Relying on the determination she honed through her many year of training and competition, Shannon fought through surgery and chemotherapy, emerging on the other side with a clean bill of health and, less than two years later, a miracle baby girl.
Miller's story of trial and triumph reminds us the life's obstacles, and how we face them, are what reveal our true character. A natural-born perfectionist, she shares the central message of her life: While it may be admirable to shoot for perfection, it's not about perfect. It's about getting back up after a fall. Her inspirational memoir delivers a positive message of strength, hope, and courage for us all."
Gymnastike has a few hard cover copies of her book to GIVEAWAY! Email us at gymnastike@flosports.tv, tell us why you are Shannon Miller's biggest fan, and you could win one!
Read Gymnastike's review of the book here.