Michael Phelps was the big guy in Beijing. This man… and only this man won 8 gold olympic medals. Michael Phelps won in Beijing (only) double the gold medals Portugal ever won in the Olympic Games. It’s amazing. Imagine that his school teacher told Michael Phelps mother that he was stupid and he wouldn’t reach anything in life. Well… Michael Phelps didn’t reach much… it’s true mister teacher!