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To: chessplayer

Last night, in the gymnastics competition, the commentator noted that the top British gymnast had a tattoo on his back, just the edge of it visible outside his uniform.

The tattoo said, “I win what I earn”, or something to that effect.


13 posted on 07/29/2012 8:03:59 AM PDT by WL-law
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What I deserve, I earn: Golden boy Louis Smith hopes hard work will lead to Olympic glory

Gymnast Louis Smith beat the odds in Beijing. Now he’s looking to go one step better at London 2012, writes Darren Lewis

Louis Smith’s inspiration is tattooed across his back.

The message: ‘What I deserve I earn’ has fired him from obscurity to becoming the poster boy for Team GB’s Olympic gymnastic team.

The 22-year-old, also a two-time European silver medallist and Commonwealth Games champion, says: “I had the tattoo done when I was 18. It was a year before the Olympics and I’d just won the World Championship bronze...


16 posted on 07/29/2012 8:10:37 AM PDT by WL-law
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To: WL-law

Last night, in the gymnastics competition, the commentator noted that the top British gymnast had a tattoo on his back, just the edge of it visible outside his uniform.

The tattoo said, “I win what I earn”, or something to that effect.


Of course they earn what they win. But to think they do it in a complete vacuum is crazy.


18 posted on 07/29/2012 8:11:21 AM PDT by chessplayer
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