This former library book sat on my shelf for 15 years before I finally picked it up as pandemic reading! I liked Scott's voice: down-to-earth and a touch of humorous self-deprecation. Has he ever been named the hardest-working man in figure skating? He should be because he certainly deserves the title. A well-paced read that will definitely appeal to skate fans, casual and serious. ( )

I found the first half of the book more interesting 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 on many of the other skating stars, their particular skating talents, and how they matured before and after the Olympics. A worthy read. ( )

Uncompromising. Unflinching. Honest. Fascinating.

Scott Hamilton proves himself to be just what you always thought he was...a just plain old nice guy, who happens to be an amazing figure skater and entertainer. Sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes tear-inducing, always honest, sometimes painfully so. Never catty, never gossipy, and he's hardest on himself. He has his own point of view, but always tries to give others the benefit of the doubt. Literate, easy to read...either Scott is a very well spoken man, or he has a superb co-writer (I suspect both!).

The only thing I would have liked is a glossary of skating terms, and diagrams of the figures. But I guess that's what Wikipedia is for! ( )