These famous words were spoken by Proximo (Oliver Reed) to Maximus (Russel Crowe) in the movie Gladiator.  Maximus was a magnificent Gladiator, but he made the kills to quickly and did not embrace the crowd.  Proximo was trying to teach Maximus the lesson that if he embraced the crowd, got them to cheer for him to be their champion, then maybe, just maybe he would win his freedom. As we know from the story it took Maximus time to realize the art of the fight that would win the crowd.  At first... 

It’s a beautiful occurrence that happens just every 4 years.  The best of the best from around the world come together to find out truly who will be an Olympic Champion.  The events are thrilling, often nail biting, and your emotions swing with every passing second as you root for champion in the hopes that they get the Gold. No matter what sport you enjoy watching one of the great aspects about the Olympics is that of the stories of each athlete.  The journey to the Olympics is not one...