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In the Land of Giants: My Life in Basketball

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inspiring story. Entertaining and captivating. Muggsy tells a riveting story of challenges and triumphs! Great for adults and a must read for youths!

This is a really good book about a basketball player who overcame his great height disadvantage to become an NBA superstar. This book takes you through the basketball career of Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues. All his life he was shorter than everone on the basketball court. Can you imagine how it's like playing in the NBA when you are on average about 1.5 feet shorter than every one else? That's how Muggsy Bogues has played for his whole life.

Yet he persevered and overcame his height. His basketball career was by no means all easy and problem-free, and many people doubted that someone who was 5'3 could play basketball with guys who were 7 foot tall. But in this book Muggsy shows that height doesn't determine whether or not you can play basketball. Heart and skill are what determine how well you play. From his wonderful high school basketball days to his terrible rookie year days in the NBA, the reader sees how Muggsy overcame his height to become a great point guard. His assist and stealing ability proved vital to the success or the Hornets. You have to admire the little fella'.

i thougt that this was a great book for any fan of muggsy bogues, or basketball itsself. if you are a fan of muggsy and do not already have this book, you should definately but it. it all the facts you need to know and great up-to-date pictures. this is a great atleast 5 star book. The main reason i liked this book so much is because i am a long time fan and it told me things, or facts that i had never known about the great muggsy bogues. all the information is great, and correct. also, the chapters have very catchy titles, and you will never get bored of this book. i would like to give mad props to muggsy, of course, and the author for making such a great book.

Muggsy Bogues is one of the most amazing basketball players of all time, overcoming extreme physical and economic shortcomings to play in the NBA and have a respectable career. Only five feet three inches tall, he is one of the shortest men to ever play major college basketball and the shortest to ever be a major player in the NBA.
Bogues also grew up in the ghetto known as the Baltimore projects, which was an additional obstacle to his success. He openly talks about the gunshots in the night as well as the other activity that was daily life in the projects. However, his confidence, incredible skills and determination proved to be stronger than the obstacles, which make for an excellent and inspiring tale. Bogues also comments on how the recreation center where he lived basketball in his youth is now closed, so there is no place where the young men can get together to play. One wonders how many young men could have been kept from a life of crime if only there was a place for them to play basketball.
In boxing, the phrase commonly used to compare fighters is "pound-for-pound." Although he would probably object to it, there is no question that "inch-for-inch" Bogues is the best basketball player of all time. This story is amazing, when he was in his last year of college some of my friends and I debated whether Bogues could play in the NBA as anything other than an attraction and my opinion was that he could not. I am happy to admit that I was wrong, for the sports world is better because Bogues was a success.

It had a good story behind it and it explained his life very well but it just kept going on and going on. It made me tired to read that book.