self-worth satisfying prosperous dedication

books:

Mary Lou: Creating an Olympic Champion

3 reviews
Mary Lou Retton, Bela Karolyi, ...

Dell Publishing Company, 1986

Best book I have ever read!
This book was wonderful. I picked it up at my library and I finished it within four days! I could not put it down. I am the type of person who hates to read but this is definetly a five-star book. I recommend this book to any gymnast. This book makes you want to go to the gym. It gave me a great example that teaches me that hard work pays off. Mary Lou is the best gymnast in the world you may ...

The Olympic Dream and Spirit Volume 1: Stories of courage, perseverance and dedication (Olympic Dream and ...

1 review
Mary Lou Retton, Mary Joe Fernandez, ...

Exhusker Press, 1999

Olympic Spirit Book Review
It is an excellent book and very inspiring. I have many people in our school who love to read it.

Everyone Is A Winner (pbs Edition) : Self-Worth
Mary Lou Retton

Tommy Nelson, 2003

When a special project goes awry, the kids feel like failures?until Mary Lou reminds them to keep trying. After all, we learn as much from failure as from success!

Mary Lou Retton's Gateways To Happiness : 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life

5 reviews
David Bender

Random House Audio, 2000

A great role model for young and old alike
I saw Mary Lou on Later Today and bought her book after seeing what a genuine positive role model she is. She asks some good questions -- why aren't we happy when most of us have anything we could ask for? Why don't we want to work hard to be happy? She also tells really personal stories about the hard times she has gone through herself and how she saw the positive in every situation. If ...

Liking You . . . Liking Me! (pbs Edition) : Acceptance
Mary Lou Retton, Tommy Nelson

Tommy Nelson, 2003

Activity ? excitement ? and more fun than you can possibly imagine! That?s what you?ll find inside Mary Lou?s Flip Flop Shop??a larger-than-life playroom where through creative play and creative movement, real kids (along with Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton and her cast of zany characters) make positive discoveries that can help them become all that they can be! #7 Acceptance: Feelings of rejection threaten to ruin Mr. Bump?s ...