Eight gold medals for Michael Phelps

I've caught the Olympic Fever! Especially Micheal Phelps fever! He is just unbelievable! I remembered this poem that I read a few years back and searched the internet for it. I think the line "To realize the value of one millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics" is very applicable to his 7th race, where he beat Serbia-Montenegro's Milorad Cavic by one-hundredth of a second! (All Photos courtesy of SI.com).

Photos below taken from SI's "Frame By Frame" sequence. Third photo:

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To Realize The Value of Time...

(author unknown)

To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.

To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute:
Ask the person who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize the value of one second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.

To realize the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when you share it with someone special.