(August 11, 2008)
Hi, folks!
I got a chance to talk with Michael Phelps several nights ago at the Olympic Village. He is, of course, from my hometown of Baltimore. I met him before just growing up, but I hadn't met him since he won those six gold medals in 2004. So his whole life has changed. He’s not from the same neighborhood as me, but we'll claim him.
This is my first time to really get a chance to mingle and interact with him. We talked about spots back home, but we were talking about getting out to each other's events. He's going to bring some golds back to Baltimore and I'm going to bring a gold back. They can have our parade together in Baltimore.
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A file photo shows Carmelo Anthony and Michael Phelps.[sohu.com]
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I'm amazed at what he can do in that water. He's like a shark. I've never seen anyone swim like that before. Swimming never caught my eyes before I saw him. I'm going to try and see track and boxing and swimming. Those are the main three.
We got bum rushed going into the village. In Shanghai it was crazy out there, too, with the fans bombarding us. But it was fun, though. It was crazy when we walked into the village that night. I can't even explain it. It felt weird, but it felt good at the same time because you had the best athletes in the world from other counties and they look up to me and Kobe and LeBron and DWade. They look up to us. That kind of felt weird.
We sat down and ate with some of the other countries. As we were eating, countries were coming up to us and we were interacting and mingling. We'll be back there to do more, later. We embrace that. We walk around and show love to the fans out here and the other countries out here.
Introduction of Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professionalbasketballplayer for the Denver Nuggets, of the National Basketball Association. As a freshman in college, Anthony led Syracuse University to a 30–5 record and the school's first NCAA championship in men's basketball. He was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2003 NCAA Final Four and MVP of NCAA East Regional. He was also named the consensus national Freshman of the Year and was a unanimous choice as the Big East Conference Freshman of the Year. Anthony was selected as the third pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, and named the 2005 Rookie Challenge MVP. He played for "Dream Team 8" in 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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