Villains permeate our lives. They’re the bad guys, the people who make everybody else feel uncomfortable and slightly off their games. They torque us off sometimes. Yet we can’t take our eyes off them. We love to watch villains perform, be bad, rock the worlds of the people around them. It’s not good […]
For many decades we’ve come to expect the U.S. Olympic swimming team to dominate every four years and with good reason. In 2016 at the Rio Olympics, for example, the U.S. team won 16 gold medals and 33 overall. Australia placed second with 10 total medals. In these numbers, you’ve got unquestionable dominance. I love […]
Mental illness is a feeling of hopelessness, that things are really bad and could never get better. It’s like being in a dark tunnel with no lights and no chance of getting out. It may not seem like a place where Olympics superstar swimmers would ever go because they’re very successful at what they do, […]
We see so many athletes who are arrogant, self-centered, and just not all that likable. Then of course there are the good ones. They’re cool, classy, and would never say anything arrogant or criticize anyone else. That’s Katie Ledecky. As great a swimmer as she is – the best woman of all time – she’ll […]
