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By Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/p>\n

I am a Matt Grevers fan for many reasons. For one, we have a lot in common. Consider this:<\/p>\n

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Matt loves swimming. I love swimming.<\/li>\n
Matt won medals in swimming. I won medals in swimming (on a much lower level).<\/li>\n
He likes to win. I like to win (I\u2019m also a swim coach of a very good team).<\/li>\n
Matt grew up in suburban Chicago. I grew up in suburban Chicago.<\/li>\n
Matt went to Northwestern. My mother worked at Northwestern.<\/li>\n
He has bad eyes. I have bad eyes.<\/li>\n
He worked with kids at the University of Arizona. I worked with kids at U of A.<\/li>\n
He is fond of Annie Chandler. I was fond of Annie Chandler (before he was).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So you see, he and I have checked the boxes together.<\/p>\n
I have an enduring memory of Matt on deck at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center in Tucson, Ariz., addressing a young group of Wildcat campers. On that he day spoke of aquatic journeys and dreams\u2014his and theirs. There is one story he shared with them that sticks with me to this day.<\/p>\n
As I recall his story he was nearing his 11th birthday when a coach told him after a very good swim that he was within a half second of the 9-10 NAG record in the 50 back and that he thought Matt had a shot at it. Turns out he had one meet in which to do it before aging up. At that final competition Grevers tore through the water and after considerable squinting at the scoreboard learned he\u2019d set the record. He told the assembled campers that before his record setting day he had previously felt his poor vision was a hindrance to pursuing excellence. On that day he learned otherwise.<\/p>\n
After seeing him on deck I began following Matt\u2019s career more closely. Long before this year\u2019s Olympic Trials he was a multi-time National Team member, had earned four gold, four silver, four bronze medals at Short Course World Championships, four more golds, two silvers and one bronze at LC Worlds and four gold and two silver Olympic medals\u201433 international medals in all counting World University Games competition.<\/p>\n
In 2000 Matt attended the first of his five Olympic Trials. Following a third place finish in Tuesday\u2019s 100 back in which he is defending Olympic champion he had a second shot to make this year\u2019s U.S. Olympic team. Wednesday morning he qualified 16th in the 100 free, but then failed to advance to Thursday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n
As the top eight swimmers from the 100 were being interviewed Wednesday evening, Grevers passed quickly, quietly and sadly to the anteroom to retrieve his gear. What I saw next was an image as enduring as it was endearing. Clothes in hand, the 6\u20198\u201d giant of our sport paused alone, his eyes watering with tears, contemplating the moment and quite possibly his future. The world can be uncertain for a professional swimmer with a pregnant wife whose livelihood is partly dependent upon sponsors and incentive-based contracts.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s culture the clich\u00e9d idiom for such a moment is \u201cthe agony of defeat,\u201d but that\u2019s not what I conjured. Rather I summoned up John Greenlief Whittier\u2019s memorable words in his poem Maud Muller<\/em> \u2013 \u201cOf all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest of these, \u2018It might have been.\u201d<\/p>\n
I think in that moment Matt Grevers was contemplating a lot of things. I can only guess what they were, but I know one thing, he was hurting.<\/p>\n
And I hurt with him.<\/p>\n
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