“DNA,
natural ability, study of craft, development of and devotion to an aesthetic
philosophy, naked desire for…fame?...love?...admiration?...women?...sex?...and
oh, yeah…a buck. Then…if you want to take it all the way out to the end of the night, a furious fire in the hole
that just…don’t…quit…burning.
These
are some of the elements that will come in handy should you come face-to-face
with eighty thousand (or eighty) screaming rock ‘n’ roll fans who are waiting
for you to do your magic trick. Waiting for you to pull something out of your
hat, out of thin air, out of this world, something that before the faithful
were gathered here today was just a song-fueled rumor.
I
am here to provide proof of life to that ever elusive, never completely believable
“us”. That is my magic trick.”
From
Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen
It
occurs to us that we have seen a swimmer of this magnitude, who reportedly is
done standing on the blocks in front of thousands doing his magic trick.
Hopefully he will find another equally significant way to make our sport
other-worldly. He certainly has that capacity. It would be a shame to lose him
to the real world…speaking selfishly here.
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