skydiver30960 0 #1 August 12, 2008 http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=afp-oly2008swimusaspitzphelps&prov=afp&type=lgns Quote"I think what I have done has obviously inspired him. He's been inspired to go after me." I can ALMOST handle that one. But then, the next day, to see: http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=afp-oly2008swimusaspitz&prov=afp&type=lgns with verbal gems like: Quote"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," Spitz told AFP in Hong Kong. "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." WTF? Don't want to go anonymously? You mean, you don't want to go like a nobody? You mean, you don't want to go just like everyone else in the world would LOVE to go, i.e. just to be able to go and be part of the spectacle? I dunno, mebbe it's just me, but after reading those two articles one of the "five greatest Olympians of all time" just sounds like one of the "five biggest jerks of all time." Elvisio "end rant" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #2 August 12, 2008 My wife sent me this story, and my first reaction was similar...lot's of whining. If it was that important to him, he certainly could have made a phone call, "Hey, can you bring me with you? The record is going to be news and I'd like to be there." He's a US Olympian, take some damn initiative. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #3 August 12, 2008 Yes, he is,,,thats why haven't heard from him till now,,,everyone forgot about him now its all about him..... smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #4 August 12, 2008 What's surprising is that you and others are just now finding out...you must be a youngster. The rest of us have known this since the early '70s.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,400 #5 August 12, 2008 Quote What's surprising is that you and others are just now finding out...you must be a youngster. The rest of us have known this since the early '70s. If you still remember the '70's, you just weren't fully taking advantage of them."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #6 August 12, 2008 I remember the 70s- probably because I was too young to fully take advantage of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
