An Open Letter From Michael Phelps
WHAT was Michel Phelps thinking of when he first dipped a toe into the murky waters of pro-celebrity swimming?
The Olympics is seedy, vice-riddled world of corruption, greed and drugs.
Says a contrite Phelps:
“One minute you’re splashing around with few pals and then it’s swimming every day - after school; sometimes during school; sometimes instead of school.
People make you offers and money. There is a lot of money.
In a few months I was hooked. Everywhere I went it was swimming. All my friends were into swimming. I started experimenting with different strokes - the crawl, the butterfly, the, what I now know to be, perverted backstroke.
I look at those pictures of me face down in swimming and I feel sick. The stuff gets in your hair, in your eyes and ruins your skin.
The rewards are intoxicating, man. At one point I was wearing eight gold medals. At the time it felt so good but now I realise it was crazy. I was out of control.
I needed to walk up to myself and admit that I had a problem.
Any kids out there should know that they should not experiment with swimming but stick to recreational drugs…
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Posted: 7th, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Sports Comments (8) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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February 10th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
[...] An Open Letter From Michael Phelps Posted at 9:26 pm by Paul Sorene [...]
February 7th, 2009 at 10:45 am
….nappies
February 7th, 2009 at 10:45 am
I’m in training……
February 7th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I , too, can blow air out through a hole in my back….it’s called my arse….
but no -one ever presented me with a gold medal….maybe it’s not an olympic event…but it should be.
February 7th, 2009 at 10:30 am
[...] reader writes: I am a generous man but even I would not let Michael Phelps take a blast from my bong. With lungs [...]
February 7th, 2009 at 10:29 am
They say he breathes through a hole in his back
February 7th, 2009 at 10:10 am
good for the gills?
February 7th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I am a generous man but even I would not let Michael Phelps take a blast from my bong. With lungs like a fish, Phelps would probably puff up the weed and the water…………………….and the bong too, ….
Swimmers should stick to steroids….they are far safer….and without the danger of drowning.