Friday, February 6, 2009

Phelps: "I've been waking up to guys yelling into megaphones outside my window at 7am"

February 5, 2009

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I inhaled…frequently. That was the point.

Does anyone deserve this? A single bing hit? Did he snort cocaine like the President of the United States? Here are Micheal Phelps' own words. I think the picture says it all. It is so wrong. Just wrong. I truly wish I could find that person.

Michael Phelps

(AP) No one should have to feel this way.

Yeah, there are still goals that I have in the pool, 100 percent. But I'm not going to let anything stand in my way. If I decide to walk away, I'll decide to walk away on my own terms. If it's now, if it's four years, who knows. But it is something I need to think about and decide what I want to do.

Does he smoke marijuana regularly?

This was stupid, and I know this won't happen again. It's obviously bad judgment, and it's something I'm not proud of at all.

I will say that with the mistakes that I've made in my life, I've learned from them. Every one of them. And I've become a better person.

That's what I plan to do from here. It's definitely not what I wanted, and it's clearly not what my mom wanted.

And what was the scumbag thinking? Did they consider his mother at all? I'm starting to wonder if it was a female. Why would anyone do this? Why haven't they been outed? I just can't get my head around it. And this is what has been happening to Phelps - all because of their selfishness and greed.

I've been waking up to guys yelling into megaphones outside my window at 7 o'clock in the morning. I've been through just about everything you can go through. I've had paparazzi people following me from my house to my mom's house. People knocking on the door. It's crazy.

Knocking on his door and bothering his mother. At least he can find sanctuary in the pool. But how much of it is desire to get in the pool and how much a desire to get away from the press?

It makes me happy. It's a part of me I've always had, and I've always been happy doing it. I like getting up in the morning and having something to do. On Monday we get back to two-a-day [practices], and I'm looking forward to that. I feel more comfortable here. This is my home.

It's good to know his foundation is still going. I hope whoever funds it realizes that the kids will look up to him even more. Yes. The best athlete in the cosmos makes a mistake, owns up to it, says he's sorry, takes his punishment and moves on. What better role model is that? What athlete has done that? And a mother and son cannot be any closer.

I think this is like the DUI, in that it's something I can talk more about and make sure that nobody makes the same mistakes I made. What I've gone through in the last week, no one wants to go through.

I sure hope that's all the scumbags do. Are people this jealous or hateful or greedy or what? An autograph he didn't sign? Why isn't anyone asking what the photographer was doing in the room. If they saw a "crime" being committed aren't they obligated to call the police? I just cannot understand this.

There are always people you can't trust. During the whole thing, I've really been able to see who my friends are, who my family are, and who really loves and supports me. They've stood by my side, from the countless text messages, phone messages, e-mails, those are your friends. All those people who are around during the good times? Those aren't your friends.

Barry the bonger: Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it.

(LISA JACK)


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