The question "Phelps In Decline?" graced the T.V. this week. Record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps placed fourth in a heat of his signature event. Like similar reports, the commentators questioned his desire for the 2012 Games.
Fellas, swimmer's training has all the enthrallment of trimming the hedges, only more tiring and chloriney and isolated.
Phelps set a world record with 8 gold medals at a single Olympics. Few have even come close to it. He has reached the mountaintop of his sport and spent a huge portion of his young life to get there.
According to this article, he's financially set for life.
Most of us will have to spend half the waking lives of our prime adult years in order to sustain our families. When it comes time to retire, we won't have people questioning our heart for reaching that point. Nor will we have entertained a nation in the process.
The old adage is "no one on their deathbed wishes they'd spent more time in the office." I say thanks to Phelps for a great ride, and best wishes for the fruits of your efforts, whether you step on a medal podium or step out of the pool.
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