Landing It

One of the most beloved sports figures in the world today tells his own story for the first time Landing It was a New York Times bestseller for 4 weeks Scott Hamilton is one of today s most universally admired and visible athletes Includes personal stories about his close friends and colleagues, including Kristi Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinsky, Katia Gordeeva, Kurt Browning, Brian Boitano and others Scott Hamilton has been enormously influential in making figure skating the most watched sport after NFL football For than two decades, incomparable figure skater Scott Hamilton has earned the admiration and won the hearts of people everywhere Now, in Landing It, Scott Hamilton shares a lifetime of reaching for the stars and always beating the odds He vividly recounts the highs and lows, the victories and defeats, of his remarkable life and career, including his brave battle against cancer and triumphant return to professional skating With stunning candor, he offers a rare glimpse inside the world of skating superstardom Scott Hamilton s honors include U.S Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year 4 time United States Champion and 4 time World Champion Olympic gold medallist Inducted in to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame and U.S Olympic Hall of Fame He has been the color commentator on CBS since 1985 He is the producer and star of the Stars on Ice tour, which is seen by than 1.1 million people each season. Best Read Landing It Author Scott Hamilton For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Scott Hamilton and I were born in the same town in the same decade We learned to skate on the same ice and both of us dreamed of Olympic gold He started his lessons when his age was a single digit I started mine when I became single again.I have been in love with ice skating since Peggy Fleming won the gold in Grenoble Having Scott Hamilton in the Olympics brought the northwest corner of Ohio rooting for the hometown boy.It was interesting to see behind the scenes in the ice skating with man Scott Hamilton and I were born in the same town in the same decade We learned to skate on the same ice and both of us dreamed of Olympic gold He started his lessons when his age was a single digit I started mine when I became single again.I have been in love with ice skating since Peggy Fleming won the gold in Grenoble Having Scott Hamilton in the Olympics brought the northwest corner o...I enjoyed this book very much Scott Hamilton is one of the most inspirational skaters ever and not only is a tremendous athlete but has also pushed the sport of figure skating into something better than it was Watching his career both amateur and professional was never anything but...Scott Hamilton is one of my favorite skaters This book was well presented It wasn t a pat yourself on the back book, as many biographies can be Instead, he presented himself as a real human being, with many issues I learned a lot by reading this book I had absolutely...Landing It is the autobiography of American figure skater Scott Hamilton The book covers his personal and professional life from his childhood through adulthood Published in 1999, the information is not completely up to date since the book was published he has movedfully into his post skating career, as well as dealt with a recurrence of his cancer Regardless, if you are a fan of Scott Hamilton, or of figure skating in general, this book is an interesting read He is honest and fort Landing It is the autobiography of American figure skater Scott Hamilton The book covers his personal and professional life from his childhood t...he comes across as a spoiled, privileged child and entitled, white, male, adult also, his publishers couldn t have put together asafe , ultimately boring interpretation of scott s life.Dated, and I ve just recently read a later book of his, but still couldn t put it down He s such a fascinating guy and honest So many moments brought tears to my eyes.Quando ho iniziato a guardare pattinaggio su ghiaccio Scott Hamilton era gi un mito Sapevo che Hamilton era basso, che era stato adottato, che da bambino era stato malato e che aveva iniziato a pattinare come terapia Saperlo, come semplice informazione data da un cronista, non lo fa capire davvero come invece avviene con questo libro Il fatto di essere stato adottato per lui non mai stato un problema, l altezza e la salute s I medici hanno fatto chiss quante ipotesi, dal nanismo alla fi Quando ho iniziato a guardare pattinaggio su ghiaccio Scott Hamilton era gi un mito Sapevo che Hamilton era basso, che era stato adottato, che da bambino era stato malato e che aveva iniziato a pattinare come terapia Saperlo, come semplice informazione data da un cronista, non lo fa capire davvero come invece avviene con questo libro Il fatto di essere stato adottato per lui non mai stato un problema, l altezza e la salute s I medici hanno fatto chiss quante ipotesi, dal nanismo alla fibrosi cistica, gli hanno pure pronosticato solo una manciata di mesi di vita, quando andava alle scuole elementari, tanto appariva piccolo e debole Poi per caso andato a pattinare e le cose sono cambiate Nessuno, ancora adesso, sa cosa avesse, quel che certo che lo scoprirsi capace di pattinare meglio di tanti bulletti che lo tormentavano perch erano pi grossi di lui gli ha dato fiducia, e insieme alla fiducia la salute gradualmente tornata Intanto lui ha iniziato a migliorare come pattinatore, anc...Autobiography of Scott Hamilton s life up through 1999 It chronicles him learning to skate, his mother s death, his skating benefactors who helped him keep skating when his parents couldn t afford it, his time in competition amateur and pro , some of his romances notably Kitty Carruthers and Karen Plage , and his diagnosis with testicular cancer and subsequent return to skating.It s interesting to me because he talks of the people I grew up watching skate Tai and Randy Babilonia, Robin Cou Autobiography of Scott Hamilton s life up through 1999 It chronicles him learning to skate, his mother s death, his skating benefactors who helped him keep skating when his parents couldn t afford it, his time in competition amateur and pro , some of his romances notably Kitty Carruthers and Karen Plage , and his diagnosis with testicular cancer and subsequent return to skating.It s interesting to me because he talks of the people I grew up watching skate Tai and Randy Babilonia, Rob...I found the first half of the bookinteresting than the second half I well remember Scott s competitions as he was coming up in the Worlds and the Olympics He was fun to watch grow both athletically and physically I knew about his health problems, as well This book filled in a lot of background information about his life, both before and after the Olympics, and he gives us a lot of information about how skating competitions were then and are now structured He also gives us information I found the first half of the bookinteresting than the second half I well remember Scott s competitions as he was coming up in the Worlds and the Olympics He was fun to watch grow both athletically and physically I knew about his health problems, as well This book filled in...Written in Hamilton s trademark humor and style, the book follows his long journey as a sickly kid growing up in Bowling Green, OH to becoming one of the most celebrated male skaters in the world, and his struggles with cancer in his late 30s Sorry Scott, had to dock you a star for freaking me out reading about your experiences in Lake Placid while I was in Lake Placid competing at Adult Nationals I blame myself for reading the chapter of your freeskate the very day I was scheduled to compete Written in Hamilton s trademark humor and style, the book follows his long journey as a sickly kid growing up in Bowling Green, OH to becoming one of the most celebrated male skaters in the world, and his struggles with cancer in his late 30s Sorry Scott, had to dock you a star for freaking me out reading about your experiences in Lake Placid while I was in Lake Placid competing at Adult Nationals I blame myself for reading the cha...

• English
• 16 January 2018
Scott Hamilton
• Paperback
• 480 pages
• 0786011491
• Scott Hamilton
• Landing It