Summary:
Micheal Phelps is now in the USA Olympic team so he is in the spotlight and he is doing things he wouldn't be normally be doing racing for his club team. He's been going state to state for swim meets and even country to country for swim meets as well. He's also been swimming to people that were a lot better than him so thats also been a new experience for him. Also Micheal Phelps shares his thoughts and what he remembers about 9/11, which was a tragic incident especially since he lived in Baltimore which was very close to the Pentagon. Then Micheal Phelps talks about the time he actually went pro as a swimmer. One of the first things he had to do was find and agent which took a while but he managed to find one that represents a lot of Olympic swimmers down in Virginia. They got to meet with him and Micheal got to get interviewed and he got himself an agent.
Quote:
"..Counting the number of unbelievables in an interview. Once I learned about not saying it, I started to relax, take my time with my answers and say what i was actually thinking. Believe it." (Phelps 107)
This quote talks about Micheal Phelps getting interviewing lessons and they set a restraint for him using the word "unbelievable" and at the end of the sentence he jokes around and adds a "believe it" which made me laugh a little.
Reflection:
My thoughts on these pages were that it seemed like Micheal Phelps was growing more into a devoted swimmer not only for him but for everyone else. He says in the book that he swims so he can change the sport and wants people involved with it. Thats real strong for a 16 year old swimmer to say which was great. And also he explains some of the difficulties of being a professional.
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