Michael Phelps Talks Possible Early Retirement In Wake Of The Marijuana Photos
Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by CSS in Entertainment, Scandal, Sports, drugs
In his first interview since a photo surfaced showing him smoking marijuana from a pipe at a college party last November, 14-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps says he is contemplating whether or not he will compete in the 2012 Games due to his shame over the public scandal.
Here is some of Phelps Interview with the Baltimore Sun:
“This is a decision of mine that I’m not going to make today and I’m not going to make tomorrow,” Phelps said. “It’s going to require a lot of time and energy and a lot of thinking for myself – but also talking to Bob and talking to my family and just deciding what I want to do.
“Yeah, there are still goals that I have in the pool, 100 percent. But I’m not going to let anything stand in my way. If I decide to walk away, I’ll decide to walk away on my own terms. If it’s now, if it’s four years, who knows. But it is something I need to think about and decide what I want to do.”
Read the rest of Phelp’s Interview with the Baltimore Sun here.
I gotta say I feel for him- He definitely messed up but we gotta remember with all of his success he is still just a stupid twenty-something. We all make mistakes coming into adulthood some more so than others… But, I believe him when he says that he has learned from them.
