RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 1:27:02 PM
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HummerGuy
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masturbate..??
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 1:28:09 PM
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Muddydawg75
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If you want to take matters into your own hands... fine with me....
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 1:33:24 PM
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 1:47:01 PM
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HummerGuy
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I actually thought maybe you could hel........ ok, I won't go there. People may think, ya know, that whole Senator Craig thing and all.
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 1:47:58 PM
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Muddydawg75
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so.... back to the pillow fight then?
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 1:52:04 PM
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HummerGuy
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I see your Shwartz is as Big as mine.........
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 5:30:04 PM
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I don't think you're a dik. This isn't about the sponsorship. You say you inspire the kids you coach, which is great, but what if you had the chance to inspire 1000 kids, or 10,000 kids more. Wouldn't you take it? I understand 100% what you mean, BUT, the point here is you are assuming that he is doing this for the fame and money.
You have to understand something here. He did not have any sponsorship when he started training for the first Ironman he did a few months ago. He did it on his own. The sponsors, as you said, came to him, AFTER he was already training for this. He was all set to put himself through this competition. That's when people started learning about his story and came saying hey, you want this and this and that? I think most people out there would say yes, sure. You didn't do that. I understand why, and maybe i'm wrong, but you didn't want to give people the impression that you could be bought, or use you for their own financial gains. Of course, I understand that. BUT, Brian wants to inspire as many people as he can, so whether they use him for profit or not is not the point, the point is he can use them to get his story out there and inspire people.
The way you make it sound is like he's this bad person and looking for money. I mean just you incinuating I gave him money is totally wrong. He never asked me for anything. Right there, that shows me you are assuming it's all about money. That's why I got upset. I don't need to pay people to be my friend, and you thought maybe he came to me looking for money or whatever, but he didn't.
My point is, why do you have to assume it's all about the money for him or talk down about his accomplishments? What do you have against the kid? Step back and look at it from a different perspective.
Yes, you are right, there are other people in the world that have it worse or just as bad, but ya know what, does that mean he is supposed to keep is story a secret and not do some good int he world because others can't as well? That makes no sense. Why put someone down that is trying to help inspire people? Why would you do that?
This isn't about money dude, it's not about sponsorship, it's about someone being proud of himself because of what he accomplished, and wanting to help others. So, you tell me, what is so wrong about that? You keep turning it into YOU YOU YOU, well dude, sorry to sound like a dik, but gues what, This isn't about you. This is about him ok? You had it rough too, I know that, but c'mon dude, why are you comparing everything to your situation? It's almost like you are trying to find a reason to make it seem like it's not a big deal.
Yeah other people go through this, so who denied that? I just don't get you dude. Every time someone on here seems to be proud of themselves for accomplishing something, you always find a way to bring them down, and always have to bring up something in YOUR personal life that relates, just like this. You always have to say, oh well I know this person, and that person. OK Cool. I'm glad you do, but it just seems like more and more you turn everything into how it relates to you. I like hearing your stories. It makes me know you better as a friend and I will always be your friend, but on this situation, I don't get how you have to make it sound like what he went through is no big deal.
Maybe to you it isn't a big deal because you have been there, but to him it is, and his family and friends it is, and to those kids in his situation where the doctors tell them they will never walk again, or move, or live a normal life, what about them? What about that ONE kid out th
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RE: from my deathbed to the Ford Ironman Triathlon Worl... - 10/19/2007 6:08:10 PM
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importkiller
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as I said, I don't know this dude personally...so I don't resent him....but I also don't know how a kid laying crippled in a hospital whose parents are fighting to make ends meet can feel inspired by watching this kid finish a triathalon while riding a free $20,000 bike, all the free equipment in the world and professional level training/rehab.That is my whole point...nothing pernal against your friend, but I have seen the faces of crippled kids and cancer kids who were in rehab with me when other kids got lucridive gifts just because they wanted to make a miraculous recovery and run a marathon. Because they weren't athletes and had no chance of doing anything spectacular with their lives they got to sit and eat hospital Jello while others got showered with new skateboards,bikes, ect.....show me how they were inspired to greatness? To me the best inspiration in the world would be to sell that expensive free bike and donate the money to a childrens hospital....now that would inspire EVERYONE!!! I guess my life's experiance may have left a sour taste in my mouth about this topic so it's closed as far as I'm concerned.
One last story....I was in rehab for maybe a week, there was 4 of us per room. The kid on teh same side of the room as me was an X-games up and comer...from what I was told he was gonna be something special, the kid across from me was 8 and lost both legs when his bike was run over by a dump truck. One day a group of guys from a few different companies came to our room and gave the x-games kid skateboards,pads,clothes, everything he wanted. Later that night the 8 year old across from me asked his mommy if Santa was mad at him..."because he got a lot of presents but I didn't get anything" That memory will never leave me...EVER!! The next morning I had my brother go out and buy that 8 year old like 3 cart fulls of toys....that had to be the best feeling I ever had.
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