Olympics 2008

If anyone knows me, then they know that I love sports! Any and all sports; most of them (i.e. except for curling...lol...if that's on I'll watch it for a few seconds and wonder who came up with this sport and then follow that thought with a swift click of the channel button). I love competition and seeing others compete. There's so much that goes on during competitive events, especially during the Olympics. First, we were bombarded with Michael Phelps over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Viewers were force fed the notion that he might (and indeed did) win eight gold medals and beat Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals during the Olympics. I don't intend to sound like I didn't enjoy watching him compete. He was dominant in all of his races, and had a few short calls. The way in which he won was absolutely amazing. He is a phenomenal athlete and for those that try to compete in the 2012 Olympics they have a lot of training to do.

Then there was Usain Bolt and the entire Jamaican track team, both men and women, who won medal after medal. There were even a few events when they completely swept all competitors winning gold, silver and bronze. Usain Bolt is out of this world! I don't see anyone posing a challenge for this young man. He will break the records again and again for years to come, because we still have not seen his fastest time. I will not be the first to support Bolt and the way he celebrates. He has a few critics who say he's too cocky and he disrespects his fellow competitors. I say, "Ahhhhh! Pish-posh!" Whatever that means...lol...He's being himself and there's nothing wrong with that.

My favorite sport of all: Basketball. Back in the days in time of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, David Robinson, etc. etc. etc. the USA Men's Basketball Team was known as the "Dream Team". How could they lose with Hall-of-Fame great's listed above? Now after not even obtaining a medal in the 2004 Olympics, this year's team has come to attain the moniker "Redeem Team". Redeem they did. Thanks to "kung-fu grip tight" defense and a brotherhood of talented NBA players, the USA Redeem Team brought the gold back home.

The Olympics is my mecca in which I make a visual haj every four years. If you see me at the gym or running outside know that I train to (1) stay in shape, and (2) to prepare to compete in 2012 Olympics representing the USA Wrestling Team. I tell people from time to time, but it's so I never forget. I'll be 28, and at my peak. I'll have to qualify against other potential competitors from across the nation. I'll be ready, and I will give it all I have. Look out for me ;)