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...talk about it, and they were all looking at each other like “Uh, um,” and I was like “So!” and they were like, “Between us, we have six gold, five bronzes and about four silvers.” And I was like “Yeah. I’ve got one silver.” I forget their names. I know it wasn’t Michael Phelps. That’s what everyone wants to know, “Did you meet Michael...
...same time I think there’s always going to be that emotional bit of “Shit—we beat them before. Why didn’t we beat them again?” So, I’m not unhappy with the silver, but I think there will always be that little bit of “I want to win gold.” I was planning to keep rowing to 2008 anyway, but I think in a way, maybe it’s almost better because there’s still little...
...times, spilled beer on it—I’m actually not even sure if this is my medal, because before I got it engraved, I was standing there talking to this guy who was in the Dutch men’s eight who also won silver [to the US’s gold]. And we were kind of like comparing our medals, and—it does have the event on it, but it’s in Greek, so I can’t read it, and I was a little drunk at the time...
...celebrate your silver...
...began dating two months later, after their first kiss at a Scholars reunion. Engagement came two months after. Each wore silver rings with a quotation from the Song of Solomon in Hebrew: “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine...