"If I Could Be Like Mike.."

"Some time I dream, that he is me.."

Remember growing up and seeing this commercial? Everyone wanted to be like Mike. "MJ", "His Airness", "The Greatest Player Ever". Some would even say the greatest competitor and athelete that any sport has ever seen. And I clearly would not argue with that..Well that was the case until I started paying attention to another Mike..

If you are a true sports fan, then you have been huddled by a tv into the wee hours of the morning watching the games of the XXIX Olympiad. Of course, the main focus of Americans going into these games was how would the "Redeem Team" fare in the first major international competition since the disappointment known as FIBA 2006. But in watching the Olympics, another Mike has stepped into the forefront as maybe one of the greatest competitors that modern sports has seen..this Mike..Michael Phelps.


At this moment, he is currently 6 for 6 at the Olympics, breaking world records (previously held by him) in every race that he has won. Currently, he has 14 Olympic medals (12 of them gold) and has held 26 World Records. He is already the most decorated athlete in American Olympian history and is on a pace to break Mark Spitz's (I'll wait while u wikipedia my man) record of 7 gold medals in a single olympic game..

I just figured I should write this because even through all his accomplishment, once the dust settles and the Bejing games are a mere after thought in our minds, will anyone truly remember the accomplishments of Phelps? Will kids camp outside of Footlocker to pick up the new Michael Phelps swim trunks? Will he be featured in the next freestyle by Jay-Z dissin Belgium swimmers (you know the whole LeBron/DeShawn thing..well you get the point)? Will little kids in the inner city begin to go to the pools and say "I wanna be the next Mike" instead of screaming the same sentiment as they hit the game winner in a pickup game? Only time will tell..

"Some times I dream, that he is me..Like Mike, If I could be like Mike!"

-Yeezy