{"product_id":"2940158237157","title":"Wrestling Writing: Capturing the People and Culture of the Greatest Sport on Earth","description":"We spend 8 hours a day, for 10 months a year, for nearly 17 years, sending our kids to school to prepare them for life.\u003cbr\u003eIn all of that time, there is never a course on sacrifice, on goal setting, on perseverance, on overcoming adversity, on being a great teammate.\u003cbr\u003eI guess that is what the sport of WRESTLING Is for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the greatest assets in my life, other than my family and friends has been the sport of wrestling.\u003cbr\u003eIt has made me into the person I am today.\u003cbr\u003eA person who can handle whatever adversity life throws at me.\u003cbr\u003eThe disciplines of wrestling are impactful on a young athlete's life.\u003cbr\u003eAt first, one wrestles to win championships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, after many years, one realizes it wasn't the pursuit of championships what wrestling was all about – the sport of wrestling is about preparing one for life.\u003cbr\u003eI owe a great deal to this sport, that is why I write about it passionately.\u003cbr\u003eI have written about the sport in my memoirs, \"6 Minutes Wrestling with Life,\" \"Again,\" and \"Your Soul Knows,\" and I continue to write about it in my blog www.johnpassaroblog.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a compilation of all my writing on this great sport.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is designed to be read like each chapter is a short story, separate from one another.  Chapters can be read in order or randomly, that is your preference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI felt it was necessary to compile all my writing of this great sport under one cover.\u003cbr\u003eThe chapters that are excerpts of my other books have been slightly edited to preserve the integrity of the story they come from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI hope you enjoy reading Wrestling Writing, as much as I have enjoyed living it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohnA","brand":"JohnA Passaro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075487645936,"sku":"2940158237157","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158237157_p0.jpg?v=1764111099","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158237157","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}