Files under General | Aug
17th
The New York Times reports:
Before traveling here from Baltimore, Phelps’s mother, Debbie, received a letter from Barbara Kines, who had taught Phelps in the third grade.
Before he found an outlet for his abundant energy in swimming, Phelps had immense difficulties concentrating and sitting still, leading one of his grade-school teachers to wonder if he would ever be able to focus on anything.
Kines, recalling those days, wrote about how proud she was of Phelps and how, perhaps, it had never been focus he lacked, but, rather, a goal worthy of his focus.
(Picture by Heinz Kluetmeier/SI)
