I Got This: To Gold and Beyond

I bought this book for my 10 year old granddaughter who is doing gymnastic competitions. I loved it! Laurie talked about what she had to give up to do gymnastics and how hard she worked. She also talked about some of her failures. She was very positive and optimistic throughout the book. She talked about some of her "self talk", rituals she said and did before every competition to help her stay focused. One of my favorite stories was when she went to St. Louis and came in 21st place. She was so upset, but talked about how her mother celebrated her 21st place, which helped to ease the pain. She never gave up. My granddaughter went to St. Louis and did not do well in that competition, and so her mom read her that chapter to inspire her not to give up and keep working hard. I felt like young girls could identify with Laurie and could learn from her that you have to work hard and things don't always come easy. You have to let it go and move on. Great book!

This is a book all athletes (not just gymnasts) should read. It is positive and inspiring. I’m a coach who is going to pass this around to my gymnasts. My daughter is 10 a competitive gymnast and loved this book. She read it for an AR test at school. Pressed for timeand not feeling well, so bought audible version to go with it. Was her first experience with audible. It highlighted as she read it. I see that as a plus for learning new words. She would shut off narration to go faster and turn it on if she were tired. Now she wants more books on the iPad w/audible version...

This is a delightful and interesting chronicle of an American champion. She has written about her early interest in gymnastics, her training regimen, and the thrill of competition, as well as the pain of a couple of injuries. Reading her story put a smile on my face. i also loved reading about her experience on Dancing With The Stars. I watch that show and saw her competing and winning the mirror ball trophy. I enjoyed the book and recommend it to readers who like autobiographies. laurie is an inspiration and an optimistic, positive person.You can't help but admire her, love her attitude, and enjoy finding out more about her and the world of competitive gymnastics.

I ordered this book to potentially read to my aspiring gymnast daughter, who is 7. It was a quick, easy read, written by a teenager for teen-ish ages I'd say. She did a great job at telling her self-motivated story and how she persevered through injuries and nerves. I'd say the effort and number of hours of training was probably down-played, or maybe Laurie just doesn't think anything of it because that's all she knows. I am not sure I will read it aloud in it's entirety to my daughter as planned, I think it wouldn't hold her attention, but it will be a great resource for me to turn to on occasion and I enjoy having a glimpse into the path of an olympic gymnast. Overall it was entertaining and informative, a good story of her gymnastics experience and I would recommend to all gymnasts aged 10-20.

This young lady's personality makes her a bigger champion then her amazing extraordinary gymnastics talent and skills ever did. She is very humble and proud of her achievements at the same time! What a rare balance! This book is motivating, inspiring, and rather convicting sometimes when you consider her young age. A definite page turner in my opinion for any age group above 8 years old. Thank you Laurie! I'm glad "I Got This!!"

I love that she was open about everything that was going on in her life. This was a very good read.

Wonderful autobiography!!! Hard to believe Laurie is only 16. Her book is written and edited (by her) like a pro adult. I loved every page of this book and read it in a day. Don't hesitate to read it if you are a gymnast; ever was a gymnast or the parent of one or more. I had two in Olympic Training gymnastics and this book really brought back memories. Love you Laurie!!!!

First of all, thank you for writing this book..... I decided to do my book report, for school, on this book because it is so inspiring! This book made me inspired to never give up even when it is hard! I hope this book will inspire many more people to never ever give up on what they love.... Thank you !!! :) <3