Just because one has an amazing amount of talent, however, does not qualify one to sport an ego of Olympic (sorry, had to say it) proportions. I recently read an article (from this point on, I am assuming that you clicked on the link and read the story) about a former Olympian who, well, is too full of himself for my taste. Sure, he did amazing things that definitely deserve some recognition, and yeah, I feel that things could have been handled differently, but the way that he acted is to me, inexcusable.
Being voted one of the top five Olympians of all time does not mean that you are more important than anyone else in the world. No matter how much you think that there should be a spectacular show around you, with the world watching your every move, just hoping to see your face, that is not the way things should work.
I am sorry that you were not awarded the prestige you think you deserve, and that "they did not once put [your] face on television," that you feel like you were passed over, leading you to say:
"I never got invited. You don't go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am."
I'm sorry that you have to be treated like a normal guy, and that you think there is a problem with that.
"I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost—it is."
But to be honest with you, Mr. Spitz, after reading that story, if the Olympics were my party, I wouldn't have invited you either.
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Seriously!! If he only knew how much normal people look up to Olympians. There's something about that hardwork and commitment that they show that makes us all want to be something better than we are. I guess the moral is that even the greatest of us are still human when it comes down to it.
you said it sister!! did you see the interview he did on some news show i can't remember what it was but it was basically this article and more!
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