Originally Posted by
topendtorque
2) Determination. USA's swimmer Michael Phelps. This kid as a fifteen year old visited the Sydney Olympics, was tremendously inspired, already had a swim coach and I guess a rich daddy, however, he went home and said to his coach, that he was gonna be a successful Olyimpian.
You couldn't be further from the truth. Michael Phelps came from a working class suburb of Baltimore and his parents went through a messy divorce in 1994. He was subsequently brought up by his mum.
And he was competing at the Sydney Olympics! (At the age of 15.)