I can tell my grandkids…

I got to see this guy do this.  I confess I’ve never really followed swimming but I happened to turn on the Olympics the other day and saw this guy swim with his teammates in one of the relays.  He is something special as an athlete.  Mitch Albom has a great article in the August 13, 2008 Detroit Free Press.  One paragraph that caught my attention was Mitch’s description of Phelps on the medal stand between races the morning before.

How does he stay that calm? Wouldn’t you want to race into the locker room? Wouldn’t you be speeding off at the last mention of “home of the brave …”? This after all is your history, your legacy, your chance. You’ve waited a lifetime.

So what’s a few more minutes, I guess? Phelps, rather than running off, circled around the deck, threw flowers to his mother, posed for photos with the other swimmers. Eleven minutes to his race. Ten minutes. Plates falling here. Plates falling there.

 If you get a chance read the whole article.  It made my morning.

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