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What It Takes: Fighting for My Life and My Love of the Game

by Mark Herzlich

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read in October 2016

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Dalton Clark said: " What It Takes
Have you ever caught yourself roaming through books in the library looking for one that catches your attention? Choosing the right book involves the reader’s interests and what catches their attention. Almost every person around the wor What It Takes
Have you ever caught yourself roaming through books in the library looking for one that catches your attention? Choosing the right book involves the reader’s interests and what catches their attention. Almost every person around the world is interested in a book that keeps you “up on your toes,” a great football story. Sports play a major role into everyone’s daily living. We see sports in the news, coming out in theaters, hearing people talk about it, or you may even hear it on the radio. This is a topic that is all around us and catches many readers attention.
What It Takes is an autobiography written by Mark Herzlich where he tells about his personal life experience playing football. Herzlich started out for Boston College and decided to further his skill by playing for the New York Giants. He was told that he would never get the experience of playing football again. His life slowly began to change further into his career after a shocking hit of breaking news. This hit was not considered major until he was found left fighting for his life.
As the reader of this book, I found that my opinion does not vary. I believe that this book deserves a four star review. It is well written and catches your full attention throughout the entire book. I can relate to this book because I play football. Mark never wanted to give up; he wanted to push himself through anything. One quote from the book that caught my attention was, “I can honestly say that I’ve never felt guilty for inflicting pain on the football field” (Herzlich 10). To me, this quote means sacrifice. Sacrificing your life every time you step foot on the football field is risky because there are players out there like Herzlich that does not feel guilty for inflicting pain onto someone else.
The only thing from this novel becoming a four star to a five star is its detail. I believe that this piece of writing needs more detail about Herzlich’s treatment. The book states, “I fought a battle against cancer, against statistics, and some days against myself” (Herzlich 108). I believe that in this sentence, Herzlich should have used more detail about how he fought against all these concerns. What treatment did he have to go through? What challenges did he have to face against himself? These are questions that are running through my mind as I was reading his writing. The author, Mark, focuses more on his strengths of how he overcame his cancer by not caring about what other people think.
If I had the choice, I would recommend this piece of writing to anyone regardless if they liked football or not. If the reader enjoys life conflicting stories, I would recommend “What it takes” by Mark Herzlich. This book has an astonishing point of view throughout the writing. The author makes it clear that you can overcome anything you set your mind to, as long as you try to make a difference. Making a difference in your life when you are facing these kinds of problems takes a strong person. Mark Herzlich was a strong person for presenting his life conflict and publishing it. If you’re ever in doubt while roaming through books again, I strongly recommend this book to anyone of any age group. ...more "

Oct 11, 2016 10:27AM · see review