but um he and but the irony irony is that i 've been overweight all my life and he uh he almost discouraged my brother and i from getting involved in athletics um because he felt that we needed to concentrate on on other things more important things in life uh but now and and he 's still into athletics in fact he 's eighty two and he is in the senior olympics every year and he always brings home silver and gold medals and he competes against people uh as much as thirty years younger than he is
He encouraged my brother and I to try out in the Olympics .