Olympic medalist made swimming history with ADHD
August 18th, 2008
From Time Magazine, the New York Times, Bloomberg News and elsewhere:
With eight gold medals, swimmer Michael Phelps has become the greatest Olympic athlete ever. He’s known for his ability to concentrate intently on his sport — all the more remarkable considering his childhood history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (A grade school teacher once told his mother he would never succeed because he couldn’t focus in class.)
“It really shows that no matter what you set your imagination to, anything can happen,” Phelps said at a news conference. “If you dream as big as you can dream, anything’s possible.”
(AFP photo from Time Magazine)
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