Halley O'Brien, Action Sports Marketing & Broadcasting » olympic history http://halleyobrien.com Halley O'Brien specializes in broadcasting, marketing and viral video production within action sports. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=6763 en hourly 1 Phelps does the ‘impossible’ http://halleyobrien.com/2008/08/16/phelps-does-the-impossible/ http://halleyobrien.com/2008/08/16/phelps-does-the-impossible/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:43:02 +0000 Halley http://halleyobrien.wordpress.com/?p=78 Michael Phelps goes 8 for 8 at the Beijing Olympics, becoming the best Olympic champion of all time. After tying Mark Spitz on Saturday with 7 gold medals, he was one win away from breaking the record of most golds in a single Olympic appearance. He relied on 3 of his teammates in the 4X100 medley relay to get the gold that would send him into the record books, unparalleled by any other athlete. Needless to say, they pulled through.

I wonder if there was ever a doubt in Michael’s mind that he would be able to achieve something so incredible. The power of the mind is an amazing thing. I believe there’s an energy that you can tap into and it can work for or against you. If you want something bad enough, you visualize it happening, you work towards it relentlessly and you don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, it is achievable.

If Michael Phelps ever took the mark thinking, “I’m probably going to lose this one,” I doubt he and the rest of the world would be celebrating his achievement tonight.



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