Make It Happen : The Inspiring Story of an NCAA Wrestling Champion
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Manufacturer: White Pillars Press
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780967549200
ISBN: 0967549205
Label: White Pillars Press
Manufacturer: White Pillars Press
Number Of Pages: 122
Publication Date: 1999-11-21
Publisher: White Pillars Press
Studio: White Pillars Press
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Make It Happen is a story of a young boy's quest to fulfill a dream. Mitch Clark writes with great clarity and great honesty, describing what it really means to be a wrestler, from his early days of kids' wrestling up through becoming a NCAA champion. I throughly enjoyed the book, and highly recommend it to anyone who has the courage to dream and the determination to make the dream come true. Mitch's story is a inspirational one that young athletes can learn from.
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Summary: Rare insight into a sporting life
Comment: This book surprised me. I was expecting a shallow-minded account of how you can achieve your dreams if you try hard enough but "Make it Happen" proved to be rather more than that.
Whereas in lots of sport biographies you get a list of thank-yous to coaches and teachers, here there is a very real sense of the huge gang of people who need to be in place to make a champion.
In particular, Mitch Clark emphasises the role of his parents and the large number of coaches who played a part in his training. You also get an insight into the contrasting sides of his personality as he spends his time pushing cars round the family home as a muscle-building exercise or plays Scrabble with his mother.
You also get an understanding of his unorthodox wrestling technique - Clark is a lanky 6'3" and has to employ a different armoury of moves to most wrestlers, who are stocky or muscle-bound.
Overall, Mitch comes across as a really humble guy and the unusual format of the book - part narrated by him and part by the sports journalist Scott Conroe - adds interest.
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Summary: A quality book...
Comment: This book was a good read, but not a story of survival or of extreme adversity... and Mitch Clark explains that himself at the beginning of the book. He does a good job of guiding you through his experiences as a wrestler in a way that any wrestler can relate to. A good book if you're a wrestling fan.
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Summary: Read it twice a year
Comment: I am buying an additional copy of this book for a young man who has fallen short of his goal of becoming a state champion again.
As he cried on my shoulder last night after losing the finals in overtime, I thought to myself this boy needs to know Mitch Clark's story. Like Mitch, he is very religious. I hope his trip to the senior nationals has as a result as inspiring as Mitch's.
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Summary: the best on the market
Comment: Mitch Clark is an exceptional human being. I met him at the OSU wrestling camp this last week, so even though I've not read the book in it's entirety I would recommend it to any wrestler that would like a book about the life story of one of the greatest wrestlers in the sport. It's a great inspirational story of a NCAA champ. there are not very many books about wrestling like this most just tell you how to do a move, this book tells you how to become a better person and a wrestler.
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Summary: Make it Happen
Comment: For all those interested in becoming true champions in life, read this inspiration account of how one wrestler drove himself to excellence.Mitch Clark demonstrates the true desire and pure will to win!! You will see Mitch Clark some day as a champion at the ultimate level. GOLD!!
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