The winter Olympics are rapidly approaching, and if you're as excited as I am, then you're not very excited. What I do look forward to the most are the quick pieces on the athletes they do to get you suddenly interested in a sport that you had never even heard of moments prior. These athletes overcome such adversity and obstacles just to live a momentary fame that will last until the first round of March Madness when they will then become as forgotten as a password on MySpace. It seems that every other athlete has come back from some horrendous car crash, to compete once again in their sport. It seems to happen so often, that if you yourself ever find yourself in a horrendous car crash, get ready, YOU'RE GOING TO THE OLYMPICS!!! The stories are always so incredible:
Kim Sung was coming home late one night from a practice on a dark and stormy night. As he drove along the windy road, suddenly, out of nowhere...his face exploded.
Doctors said that he would never live again.
But he proved them wrong.
Now, Kim wakes up everyday at 4 in the morning, and runs 300 miles.
Just to get to the workout center.
That he built.
Out of nothing but sticks and a love he has for a family he'll never know.
If they ever did one of those pieces on me, it would sound like:
When Nick Vatterott was in grade school, his teachers told him that he had the potential to become anything...even a brain surgeon.
But he proved them wrong.
Now, Nick wakes up everyday at 4 in the afternoon, just to eat a sandwich.
That belongs to his roomate.
Off of a plastic bag because he's too lazy to wash off a plate with his dish sock. (true story)
The Winter Olympics; 127 events that are all just different ways to go down a snow filled hill.
The Winter Olympics; a time where Scandinavia feels like they matter.
The Winter Olympics; a time where some of the worlds greatest athletes...sit at home and watch the Winter Olympics.
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