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TimNot only by what he did in the pool, but how he has carried himself outside of the water.
In 2004 he had the chance to swim in the final relay by winning his last event, but gave it up to let his teammate have the chance to win a gold medal.
If you watched the interview on NBC tonight when Phelps was confronted by one of the many guys that had picked on him as a boy, he simply acted as though he didn't recognize the guy.
The guy is class all the way. He is what we think a champion should be. And that is hard to find these days.
He deserves everything that is coming to him.