Word: phelpses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Phelps said the problems created by increased pressure on young athletes need to be solved even before potential athletes enter high school.
Phelps, who was a special assistant to the Executive Office of the President for National Drug Control Policy under former president George Bush, expounded on the twin problems of drugs and violence in American cities.
Phelps stressed individual responsibility in alleviating the problems of the inner city. "We have to stop pointing the finger at the White House or at Congress. Point the fingers at ourselves. That's real democracy, participatory democracy."
Phelps, currently an ESPN basketball analyst, cited sports as a way to bring together the "haves" and the "have-nots" of American society.
Some audience members were not entirely satisfied with Phelps' analysis.