Summary:
These few pages talks about Micheal Phelps and his preparation for the Olympics. He receives talks from his coaches, officials, and his mother about whats expected of him at the Olympics. His coach comes up with a packet of Do's and Don'ts before and for the actual Olympics. Micheal Phelps also talks about the athlete drug tests and how officials can demand a test at any random time or else they would be violating the rules. Then he shares his experience in the preliminary swim meet for the Olympics and how excited he was when he heard he made the cut. After making the cut he raised his best Olympic time but didn't win a medal that year. Micheal Phelps was doing all of this by the age of 14! and he was the youngest to qualify for the Olympics since 1932
Quote:
"the aortic route is clear and my heart is in good shape-as long as my Baltimore Ravens are winning" (Phelps 66).
I love this quote because it shows that the narrator(Micheal Phelps) has a good sense of humor. The end of this quote was so unexpected and so funny that it picked up my interest in the book.
Reflection:
For the pages I have read it tells me a lot about how much of a dedicated swimmer Micheal Phelps is and how dedicated people are to him. Also its a lot of work to be a very well known athlete with the many things you have to do, can't do, where you have to be and etc. I've also noticed and enjoyed Micheal Phelps' sense of humor in the book, to the quote I explained to another quote that he talks about getting hooked to and using it a lot then ending up using it.
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