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[quote=Anonymous]As the wife of a cancer survivor, I really don't care that he used PEDs (although I think it was dishonest and stupid).  He has done a tremendous amount for cancer survivorship, including publicizing fertility issues related to chemo and radiation and highlighting the need to monitor long-term cancer survivors for certain chemo-related problems. That is what matters to me.

He has always seemed like a ruthless jerk and a narcissist -- that comes through even in his first book.  But I think people's disappointment in him says more about our tendency to put sports stars on a pedestal and then become unable to forgive their human failings.  He was never "cancer Jesus," and he is not now a sociopath.  He is not the first person who cheated, either out of a desire to win or a fear of failure.  He is not the first person who has lied under oath.  And he certainly is not the first person who has thrown his weight around and bullied other people to get ahead -- he just committed the sin of doing those things while publicly purporting to be a hero.[/quote]

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