Inspirational Sports Stories for Young Readers: How 12 World-Class Athletes Overcame Challenges and Rose to the Top

Great book for aspiring athletes. Got it for my sport obsessed kid and he loves it! He’s 5 and he loves reading it at night! Definitely a great book for sport lovers! I love that it highlights the challenges that the athletes faced and outcome after dedication and hard work teaching kids it doesn’t just come on a silver platter for many of the athletes they idolize that no matter what limitation you have in life you can overcome if you work hard.

Got this for my nephew who is a huge wheel of time and sports fan. He loved it!

Got this for our grandson who is an avid sports player and history buff. Read through it before giving it to him and the stories are easily relatable and easy to understand. A book he will think of when he is on his journeys and needs some inspiration.

Nice book but def for older teen and adult. Purchased for my 4th grader…but I think he needed more photos/pictures. Not necessarily what I was hoping or expecting. But still a good book for FANS!

Great book with informative stories for my grandson

Great xmas gift!

Author Kurt Taylor understands the impact of playing sports in developing life lessons for youngsters, as this inspiring book about famous athletes who overcame challenges to become icons attests. His mini-biographies address nearly all sports, an inclusive stance that makes the book applicable to all players. The figures he discusses include baseball champ Jim Abbott who overcame a birth defect right arm problem, football player Josh Allen who climbed from the bottom to the top through persistence, gymnast Simone Biles’ perseverance, basketball star Steph Curry maintaining his purpose, surfer Bethany Hamilton winning despite the loss of an arm by a shark attack, basketball champ LeBron James and his respect for others, soccer player Lionel Messi’s small size, soccer great Pele’s rise, track star Wilma Rudolph overcoming polio and other diseases, boxer Mike Tyson’s ‘fighting‘ flaw, footballer Kurt Warner, and tennis pro Serena Williams’ now famous life story. Each athlete’s biography closes with a quote from them - words that are bound to inspire every young reader, heightening their love for their game and instilling in them that power to overcome obstacles.

gift to my grandson for his birthday. He liked it.