Lance Armstrong Role Model In Sport

Many children all across the United States and other countries try to replicate their favorite superstar athlete. Many athletes become the children’s idol and once the child learns that the athlete has cheated the game the athlete plays the child no longer looks up to the athlete. It is almost gotten to the point where no athlete that excels in a particular sport can be trusted. Every time a single athlete becomes great at their respective sport, speculation of steroid abuse immediately follows.

The modern tragic hero, Lance Armstrong, created his own tragedy. He is flawed in many ways. His tragedy was created by his love of lying and dishonesty. He is comparable to Macbeth. They both knew what they wanted; Lance to win, Macbeth to be king, and they were willing to do whatever it would take to get there. Lance Armstrong was a role model to children, cyclists, and cancer survivors. He took it upon himself to create a tragedy.

Mr. Lance Armstrong a seven-consecutive time winner, between 1999-2005, of the Tour de France cycling tournament which is one of the most grueling endurance race. What brought on all the media attention on Mr. Armstrong was the fact that he accomplished this amazing feat after recovery from advance stage of testicular cancer. In 2012, Mr. Armstrong was stripped of his titles for testing positive for performance enhanced drugs which he admittedly used throughout his career to achieve victory. Besides being a cancer survivor, he created the Live Strong Foundation, and through his celebrity status raised millions of dollars to help people living with cancer, and cancer research, making him a hero. What makes his story complex is that Mr. Armstrong

Lance Armstrong is one of the best cyclist there is. He was in many races over the world. He has won many awards in many races. He also had many companies sponsoring him. But all that was taken away and his reputation was ruined when he was caught doping.

When you were a kid, didn’t you want to play a professional sport? What would you give to be one of the best athletes in the world? Would you risk your reputation? Your health? Would you be willing to die? Although many studies have come out saying that steroids diminish one’s health, people still take them hoping to be the best. Imagine if you were a 28 year old who left college early because a pro team “guaranteed” you that you would play in the big leagues. Yet you just got stuck in the minors, and the only way you could get to the big’s was to take a pill that made you super-strong and super-fast. It would make sense to just take it. But what if that pill shrunk your testicles, hurt your heart and vascular system, and made

After two years, at Purdue University, he was “called into active duty” and flew 78 missions (“Neil Armstrong”). He had learned how to fly a plane by the age of 14 which had prepared for later on achievements. As well as, the article states, “he was one of the second group of astronauts chosen by NASA and first civilian”(“Neil Armstrong”). Not only, did he serve his country in the military, but also by assisting the U.S. in winning the Space Race against the Soviet Union. As a result, he received three air medals for the Korean War and gained national recognition as the first man to step onto the moon’s surface.

I really didn’t know much about Lance Armstrong before reading this book. I knew that he was a record-breaking seven-time winner of the Tour De France and a cancer survivor, but other than that, I wasn’t really all that interested in cycling or Lance Armstrong. Yet I still decided to read the book. As I read along in the book I became more engrossed. I felt like he portrayed a lot of qualities that every man should have. One of those qualities is his “never give-up” mentality. It is said that his mother taught him at a young age how to keep striving and to never give up. I really feel like that is the main reason he overcame cancer and pushed himself to break the record of winning the Tour De France seven times. When the doctors diagnosed him with cancer he was unsure about some things. They told him that he only had a small chance of surviving, but lance never gave up and was determined to beat the disease. He researched a lot about the disease and he believed that his commitment played a significant role in overcoming the disease. Even when everyone gave up on him (including his own cycling team), he still managed to come back and eventually win the Tour De

We have all had that dream to soar above the rest and to touch the heavens above. Neil Armstrong is a romantic hero because he had the qualities of being a strong leader. He provides a warm and welcoming sense of comfort as he directs and lands the lunar module on the surface of the moon. Avoiding catastrophe he amazingly took the lunar module off of auto pilot and landed the lunar module in a safer location so the landing gears were not be destroyed when they landed. "Neil Armstrong saved the crew by finding a secure and safe landing spot for the team to settle and investigate the Mysterious terrain they have encountered".

Anabolic steroid abuse has become a national concern among high school athletes. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of athletes using these performance enhancing drugs in high school almost double the number using since the 1980's. These athletes feel that steroids gives them the competitive edge that they think they need to boost themselves past the competition.

Understand that athletes want to be remembered, but is that really any reason to ruin your reputation and hurt yourself. Its not just profesionals that have been using performance- enhanced drugs. Teenagers have been using them too, American teens more than doubled in human growth hormones in the past year. Kids in high school have been under major stress and want to get scholorships to colleges. As a result of doping, high school athletes have been less focused on there school studies, and becauses of that they don’t get that scholarship anyways, because of there bad grades. Students that are taking human growth hormones get suspened from school for the number of days nessaccary and is not able to finish the rest of the sport season. Depending

Steroids have taken over the game of baseball and more players are starting to get involved with them. Steroids are a big part of the Major League today in 2014, yet they entered the game of baseball through trainer Curtis Wenzlaff in 1992. Players and the game’s images are ravaged when they become caught up in steroids. Some of the best players to ever play the game of baseball have been caught up in steroids, including Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire. Players with this level of skill are supposed to be role models for younger kids, yet younger kids see that they used steroids and are tempted to use them. When their young, impressionable minds witness steroids use, naturally kids attempt to imitate their idols. More

Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while one might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of some outlawed drug, however this is just one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem to find no moral problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, or in other words cheating. Also many of them feel that because they are "stars" there should be no repercussions for their illegal activity.

Drugs in sports is becoming a problem everywhere. “Another 26-year old athlete died of liver cancer after taking a number of different types of steroids over a four year period ” (Drugs and…). This is significant because this shows how dangerous drugs can be. If we have drug testing in schools this student could still be alive and would have stopped drugs before it got bad. The evidence points to the fact that drugs are a major health risk that is very concerning. In some cases taking drugs can even lead to death. In addition, another situation took place that affected a college student named Bob. Bob tried everything to gain weight so he could play football, so he chose to try steroids like everyone else. Steroids got him to play professional football, but horrible things were happening to him. He was having serious health problems. Bob quit drugs and is lucky to be alive (Drugs and…). This connects to the fact that doing drugs is a major

Many people ask the question, What Can We Do About This Problem? A few things you can do as a parent, friend, and coach is know the side effects, and teach your fellow peers the positive and negative effects of steroids. “If parents or coaches notice both a sharp increase in strength and erratic behavior in a young athlete, they should sit down with the athlete and calmly discuss the situation. Medication for overcoming steroid use is rare, but can be used in cases to restore hormones.” (Abuse, 2006) There are so many student athletes that are struggling with steroid abuse. By knowing the side effects and by teaching the negative effects of steroid use, you can save lives of those you care

Olympian. Who comes to mind when you think of that word? Michael Phelps is a name that is synonymous with the Olympics. When you think of him is it as world class athlete with a perfect life? Or an alcoholic with a flawed past? Michael Phelps like most other humans has had his ups and his downs but with an exceptional amount of up. He is the most decorated Olympian. Ever. With his 23 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze Michael Phelps can proudly stand on the podium head held high to represent his country as the most decorated Olympian ever. It was not always this way though. Phelps now 31 has had his fair share of downs along with the ups. In September of 2014 Phelps was arrested for a Driving Under the Influence charge otherwise known as DUI. This was his second in 10 years. Although Michael Phelps is a world class athlete and a awe-inspiring swimmer he should have to wear the letter “A” for alcoholism to show the world of what he has done.