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  • No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life

  • By: Kyle Maynard
  • Narrated by: Troy Klein
  • Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (75 ratings)

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No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life

By: Kyle Maynard
Narrated by: Troy Klein
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Born without arms or legs below his elbows and knees, Kyle Maynard excels as a champion athlete, inspirational speaker, college student, and male model. No Excuses is his inspirational autobiography that shows how a positive, can-do attitude gives someone we might see as disadvantaged the advantage over life.

©2005 Kyle Maynard (P)2012 Regnery Publishing
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Keep pushing forward>>>

Great story! A boy to man that never gives up; driven and continues to push forward no matter what the odds are. Having a support system like he did allowed him to reach new heights in his life. There was some parts that had me tear up- it was good! When you think your times are bad, think of Kyle!

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Awesome!

Awesome book and another reason why people without such deformities have “No Excuses”.
Looking forward to his next book on climbing mountains

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Awesome story

Kyle's story Is one of dedication and determination, totally loved it. The narrator could have used some help. Punctuation seemed to be incorrect like he was reading it 1 word at a time.

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Narrator needs to go back to school

The story itself is great, but man, was it painful to listen to the narrator's erratic pauses. I don't think he realizes that hyphens aren't read aloud as commas, because words/phrases like "strength-training" and "last-ditch effort" were read as "strength, training" and "last, ditch effort." Weird. I don't ever want to listen to a book narrated by this dude again.

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Good Book on Overcoming Challenges

This is a good book for anyone who faces challenges in life; which we all face from time to time. Kyle overcame so may challenges, facing them head on and never backing down from his goals.

I highly recommend this book in hard copy over audio. It was very hard to listen to this book due to the cadence of Troy Klein. He does not narrate in a easy flowing manner. He has long pauses in the middle of a sentence or thought, making it hard to follow the story. This book is only 5 hours in length and I would typically get through this in a day. However, I struggled to listen to it for more than a few minutes at a time.

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excellent and motivating book Kyle!

Kyle's story of determination is awesome. I love how he weaved in encouragement for others while sharing his personal story. truly an inspiration and a reason to say each day "No Excuses"!

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Inspiring story!

This was a truly inspiring story with a perfect title. Fantastic narration as well by Troy Klein. Highly recommended!

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Great book with a horrible narrator!!

The content was good and even inspiring, but it was difficult to listen because of the narrator. At times it was painful!

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narrator has halting and erratic reading style

The concent is ace! It's a great read and I'm glad i listened to this book but the narrator makes listening difficult. The narrator uses erratic pauses mid sentence and sometimes he pauses after several individual words in a row before taking off reading at a pace that makes several sentences sound like one giant run on sentence.

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Great Story

I loved this book! this is a very inspirational story. I recommend this to everyone.

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