Make It Happen : The Inspiring Story of an NCAA Wrestling Champion
by Scott Conroe, Mitch Clark
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Author: Mitch Clark, Scott ConroeEdition: Paperback
Published: 1999-11-21
ISBN: 0967549205
Number of pages: 122
Publisher: White Pillars Press
Book Reviews of Make It Happen : The Inspiring Story of an NCAA Wrestling Champion
Book Review: Rare insight into a sporting life
Summary: 5 Stars
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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