codeDawg said:
could someone play enough of that ****** sport to consider playing on a team in the Olympics?
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Who doesn't want to say that they were an Olympian? If you're an average Joe like me and you're not good enough for Russia either, find a sport that no one plays- like four squares. Call yourself a professional, "train", and before you know it, your mug is on a Wheaties box and a McDonald's cup. It's not like I have a chance to go out for the basketball team. BUT dodgeball? Maybe. I'm sure the Olympic committee is looking for all kinds of people to represent the stars and stripes for a lot of stuff. Jacks? GO FOR IT! USA! USA! USA!
What a great pick-up line. "Well, I just got back from the Olympics." You watched? "Nope, dodgeball player." Chicks don't care. You're a pro athlete. So what that you're not Tom Brady? It's like dating a girl that did a "photo shoot" for a "modeling agency". Hey, you gotta take what you can get, and chicks do to.
It also helps if you have some kind of a sob story. Mine is I helped "disadvantaged youth" (Youth choir trip to Yellowstone National Park, most of whom go to Prep or JA. Basically I made sure that the music got there and I put the music stand up) in my spare time. I also help sick people in the hospital when I'm not training (OK, it's my job. Dodgeball isn't going to put food on my table unless I plan on living off of gum.) And DESPITE all of this, I still manage to find 30 minutes a day to train. If your not getting tears in your eyes, you have no heart.