BALTIMORE — Michael Phelps has certainly experienced the highs and lows of being in the public eye.
The champion swimmer was back in the pool training Wednesday at the Meadowbrook Athletic Club, still dealing with the fallout from a photo of him smoking a marijuana pipe.
BALTIMORE — Michael Phelps has certainly experienced the highs and lows of being in the public eye.
The champion swimmer was back in the pool training Wednesday at the Meadowbrook Athletic Club, still dealing with the fallout from a photo of him smoking a marijuana pipe.
“It’s something I am going to have to live with and something I’ll have to grow from,” Phelps told The Associated Press. “I know with all of the mistakes I made, I learned from them and that is what I expect to do from this. By no means it is fun for me, by no means is it easy.”
Phelps was speaking publicly for the first time since issuing an apology soon after the photo in question was published Sunday in the U.K. tabloid News of the World. The swimmer, who won a record eight gold medals at last summer’s Beijing Games, said it was important for him to try and get back to his regular routine.
“I’m back to my routine, the thing I love, the thing I care about most,” Phelps told AP. “To be able to get back in the water and get back to a normal schedule is what I am happy about most.”
Phelps refused to discuss the ongoing investigation which could lead to criminal charges being brought against him, telling AP that it’s important for him to move forward.
“You know, it happens,” he said. “When stupid things are (done), bad judgment is made and mistakes are made, it happens.”
