How many people who have done so very well, especially in athletics, have done really stupid things - in public, where someone is always there to record the event?The common phrase is, "What was he thinking?" Well, the truth is, he wasn't thinking!
What makes anyone think they can do something against the law and get away with it . . . you know, just this once?
What makes a person think they can say something rotten about someone and that it will never get back to that person?
So, the obvious hardly needs stating.
Here you have an excellent athlete like Michael Phelps whose whole life of work (not to mention his Mother's work) all came together at the Olympics so he could have endorsements, extra education, be whatever he wants to be. What does he do? For one brief, silly, stupid moment, he tests the system and takes the chance of throwing it all away!
Michael Phelps is not the first to do this. Professional athletes are among the greatest offenders.
Not only are these people chancing throwing away everything they (and their families) have worked so hard for, they forget that they are who young people pattern themselves after.
WAKE UP!
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