MSNBC:
Memorable Moments - Day 6
I love this quote from Pat Forde:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--michael-phelps-and-ryan-lochte-may-not-have-had-a-perfect-games--but-their-accomplishments-are-second-to-none-20120803.html
The vast majority of the swimming world is composed of specialists: a single stroke, or a penchant for distance or sprints. Very few swimmers are good enough to do a variety of strokes, and very few have the stamina to excel in multiple events against elite international competition.
And this quote from the Miami Herald:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/02/2928789/michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-raised.html
But it was the last of the Lochte-Phelps rivalry. Two once-in-a-lifetime swimmers in the same pool lifted each other and their sport. Phelps might have taken a permanent break after Beijing if not for the challenge Lochte presented. Lochte might never have raised his goals and lowered his times without Phelps in the lane next to him.
Lochte learned it takes a certain fortitude not to let down over the course of a week of high scrutiny and intensity, hitting you like a series of jabs in the morning heats and again at night.
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