Friday, January 18, 2013
Disappointed - Lance Armstrong
I am sure that I am not alone in my disappointment of Lance Armstrong. I watched the first part of the two part interview with Oprah tonight and heard him admit to "doping" or taking banned substances during races. I am angry at myself for believing in him so much. I guess that I really wanted to believe. He fought cancer so bravely, I just wanted to believe that he fought to be a great sportsman the same way. I can't imagine his life now, after his fall from grace. It must be very difficult to have been so high up on a pedestal and to fall so far. I don't know how he can look people in the face again - people that he lied to all this time. I also don't know how anyone will ever believe anything that he says again. I hope that he somehow does something positive with all of the negative. For a while, I wore a Livestrong bracelet - it was given to me by someone at Mercy Hospital because my cancer story and survival from CNS Lymphoma resonated with her - she had lost her dear brother to the disease. Lance gave so many people hope. I guess that we should still look at it that he survived, he just didn't live honestly in other aspects of his life. This disappointment will weight heavily on me for a while.
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