Lance Armstrong

In Lance Armstrong’s early days, he had it where people weren’t accepted unless you were a foot ball player. Later in his life he got a disease called testicular cancer. His greatest accomplishment was he rode through the Tour De France and won 7 times. Lance is a great example of personal growth. After all he has been through, physically, emotion, spiritual, and mentally. He kept growing and learning how to be strong from his experiences.

Lance Armstrong started young doing triathlons. Then as he grew he became a triathlon champion. He kept continuing in the world by going to new and bigger races like the Tour De Pont. He later in his life had to find that he had cancer growing in his testicle. He was claimed to have testicular cancer. Then gradually he got out of the hospital and went off to go and win in the Tour De France.

Lance Armstrong’s greatest accomplishment is over coming cancer. It started that his testicles started to swell and that’s when he found that he had cancer. Then he headed off to several clinics to find help for the cancer he’s stumbled upon and on the way he had several chemo therapy treatments.

This is his greatest accomplishment because you never see people come out of cancer like Lance Armstrong did. He also stayed strong through all of his obstacles. This has got a lot of research going on about cancer to find a cure.

Lance did well in his personal growth in life. He went and had to use this in every race he had to tell him self he was stronger than what he felt. A lot of people like that because they go to school and have to tell themselves that they can learn as long as they are committed and study. He has also had to do that when he was going through cancer and telling himself to keep on going and not to give in.

A lot of people feel we are all like that whether were going through depression or just getting sick because we have to tell are selves to keep going. For instance getting through the cancer and going back to the riding and being so weak. A lot of people are like that when it gets hard they continue the best way they can. This all will take are wiliness to gain personal strength and growth.

Lance Armstrong learned in many aspects of life. He succeeded in so many different ways. He grew up from not being popular or even being liked to being one of the most liked and popular people. He grew up not really having friends and went on to doing triathlons. Then headed of to bigger races and came to realize that he had cancer. From there he went off to win the Tour De France after the curing of his cancer. He grew to have kids. He is a really great person to learn from because he shows when you’re going through a hard time in your life its better to try instead of trying to give up.

Work sited: Doeden, Matt sports hero legends of Lance Armstrong. New York: Barns and noble, 2006.

“Lance Armstrong Biography.” Biography. (2011) March,16,2011. WWW. Biography.com/Articles/Lance Armstrong-9188901