Michael Phelps

 Michael Phelps

We learn from the story of Michael Phelps about the importance of self-discipline and motivation. We learn that Michael Phelps was able to win gold medals in the Olympics in the sport of swimming. We learn that Michael Phelps was able to discipline himself to the point that he broke the records of Mark Spitz and also broke his own swimming records. We learn that in his first Olympic debut, he won multiple gold medals winning his competitions and breaking records.

Michael Phelps’ amazing self-discipline describes the importance of working out and motivation. We learn that Phelps was able to take his swimming practices with discipline and became one of the greatest if not the greatest swimmer to ever compete. Phelps described that he had difficulties while growing up including not having the support of his father and yet managed to persevere. Michael Phelps was able to not only compete at such an impressive level that he also won everything.

Michael Phelps dedication and self-discipline to improve in the sport of swimming allowed us to see that hard work and dedication is important. Because of his success in the first Olympics, he was appreciated by sports enthusiasts. Michael Phelps was recognized being one of the greatest athletes to ever compete in the Olympics. There were individuals that hated on Michael Phelps for being an amazing athlete. This had to do with envy and describes how even the sports world was not immune to envy in the 2010s. We saw cases of envy in the sports world including Tim Tebow's amazing season with the Denver Broncos being a rookie Quarterback. Despite being a newly drafted Quaterback from college,  Tebow helped make the playoffs with a team that had not classified in multiple seasons. Instead of having his contract renewed, his contract was not renewed. The 2010s described that even the impeccable sports world that allows for competition to thrive was having difficulties due to envy and the attempts to prevent top athletes from competing. 

Michael Phelps may have had discouragements due to envy for being an amazing athlete. In the second Olympic competition four years later, Michael Phelps stated that he was not very disciplined and had difficulties. Michael Phelps did not do well in the second Olympic competition and did not win his competitions. Despite the difficulties, Michael Phelps did not allow the difficulties to deter him from competing again. Phelps decided to train harder and was able to improve his discipline so much so that he won his Olympic competitions four years later. Michael Phelps was able to win everything again and win gold medals. Michael Phelps retired and went on to coach and instruct swimming lessons to children to prevent swimming drowning accidents. Michael Phelps describes the importance of remaining humble and dedicated and also of helping others with the talents that we have. 

Avoiding False Friends and Enviers

In the story of Michael Phelps, we learn that he could only have won all the gold medals in swimming and broken his own records because he decided to practice dedication and self-discipline. Michael Phelps described that he practiced swimming multiple hours each day to improve his technique. Michael Phelps took his dedication with seriousness and responsibility and became the greatest swimmer of all times. This could have led to envy from other individuals. We learn that he was taken a picture while smoking and the picture was published to tarnish his reputation. He had sponsors and most likely was envied by false friends or enviers. Once the picture was published, the sponsors dropped the sponsorships.

It was probably true that Michael Phelps did not smoke because (being honest) it would be impossible to break his own records by smoking (smoking decreases physical conditioning). It was most likely that he was pressured into smoking and a false friend took the pictures out of envy. This is important because in the 2010s there was envy in the sports world that had not been seen in the past. Competition is normal in sports and it seems that the socialists have attempted to incorporate envy in sports since the 2010s. Instead of relishing the fact that competitors should be allowed to improve and compete to see who is the best, socialists want to play favoritism and prevent true competition. This has been seen in the job market with non-compete clauses since the 2010s. This describes how even in the sports world, socialists have attempted to prevent true competition and attempted to discourage the teaching of self-discipline, determination, self-improvement, and dedication. We should be far apart from frienemies, idolators, socialists, and communists.