Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated:Sportsman Of The Year
Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated:Sportsman Of The Year – Michael Phelps graces the cover of the December 8, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.Phelps is the first swimmer honored as Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsman of the Year.” Michael said at a recent photo session :
“Honestly, I feel like the same person I’ve been my whole life.” “I’m doing what I love. I was able to accomplish what I wanted to accomplish this year. It’s been a dream come true of a year, and I definitely couldn’t ask to change anything.”
S.I. group editor Terry McDonell said this year it was an easy choice:
“Look at what he did in Beijing last summer. I was there. I saw him race after race, win again and again — we all saw that. And then to know him now — it is so obvious that he changed not only swimming, but also the entire Olympic landscape.”
Phelps, 23, earned eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in August and is the “Most Decorated Olympian” in the history of the Games.
