There's an old song that goes...
"And they say you don't tug on Superman's cape, You don't spit into the wind, You don't pull the mask off an 'ole Lone Ranger, And you don't mess around with Jim"
Well, yesterday, swimmer Milorad Cavic, who won silver in the 100 meter Butterfly at the Beijing Olympics, did just that. Not only did he claim that he should have gotten gold at Beijing, over American Swimmer Michael Phelps, but he also claimed Phelps was swimming in an inferior body suit, suggesting Phelps would lose because he was too stupid to pick up new equipment.
I read this yesterday and thought..."this guy's in trouble". Michael Phelps is so competitive, that he doesn't need extra motivation to beat anybody, but when he gets it, he uses it. Cavic's action was sort of like daring Michael Jordan to hit a jumper over you, or daring Tiger Woods to make a 30 foot putt. You just don't do it!
So, the result...Phelps set a world record today and beat Cavic handily. Milorad Cavic learned the hard way you don't tug on Superman's cape.
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I just want to add something interesting I learned about Michael Phelps. He had a fair share of problems in school--he was extremely active, had trouble concentrating and focusing, etc. One teacher told his mother he would never be able to focus on anything long enough to ever accomplish anything. Guess that teacher was wrong. Don't discount your kids (or yourself) and don't believe what people say who don't know (=understand, care about, have a vested interest in) your kids even if they "supposedly" know more than you do.
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