Originally Posted By: ryck
Perspective? I don't think so. If the fact that he's a swimmer and in a lot of events is all it takes to garner that many medals...then why aren't more swimmers doing it? And....bottom line....for every single one of those medals, he still had to beat the best in the world.

But that means training for and competing in that many events. Read up on the "daily life of phelps". Makes me want to hurl then pass out just reading what all he does all day, every day.

"dedication" and "obsession" just barely scratch the surface for that guy.


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