In this week's People magazine (not my copy, of course) Mark Spitz is quoted as saying: "Eighty percent of Masters do compete. I'm in the 20 percent who don't. Been there. Done that."
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Originally posted by knelson
I agree Spitz has nothing left to prove, but it's hard for me to imagine he doesn't crave the competition anymore. Heck, I never win jack, but I still have the urge to compete :)
Didn't he try to make a comeback a few Olympics ago? Did a pretty good showing of himself, if I recall, but not quite good enough to make the team.
I also can't blame him for eschewing competition. Some friends from college who were on the basketball team (and one even made the pros for 2 years) said they never play in pick-up games at the gym because the run-of-the-mill yahoo players want to "prove something" and tend to play rougher and more out of control, and that's a recipe for getting injured. And I'm not trying to say that Spitz would get injured in the pool, but the principle is the same anyway.
Originally posted by knelson
I agree Spitz has nothing left to prove, but it's hard for me to imagine he doesn't crave the competition anymore. Heck, I never win jack, but I still have the urge to compete :)
Didn't he try to make a comeback a few Olympics ago? Did a pretty good showing of himself, if I recall, but not quite good enough to make the team.
I also can't blame him for eschewing competition. Some friends from college who were on the basketball team (and one even made the pros for 2 years) said they never play in pick-up games at the gym because the run-of-the-mill yahoo players want to "prove something" and tend to play rougher and more out of control, and that's a recipe for getting injured. And I'm not trying to say that Spitz would get injured in the pool, but the principle is the same anyway.
