Do you still gain any inspiration from Armstrong or Pistorius?

never did to begin with so these news events have no impact in my life at all.

 

This is a difficult one. The way I look at it, he would not have been able to raise $500M for cancer research if he did not cheat.

 

#1 Cycling is a joke, the % of cheaters is so high that I do not really think any less of Armstrong the cyclist.... I never liked him as a person, he and my brother were in the same social circles and Armstrong was a dick.

I have no opinion of Pistorius, he was never an inspiration to me. I attempt to seperate the art from the artist.

I usually admire an athletes dedication or drive or talent ONLY.

 

armstrong may go down as a nefarious character, but i kinda think what he did was brave, especially after lying for so long.

on some level i respect him for coming clean.

 

He only admitted what was already proven anyway - and keeps on lying about everything else. That is NOT "coming clean".

And Pistorius - I admire how he overcame his handicap, but obviously, if he is a murderer, then all that goes out the window.

 

man that pistorius guy is going to get bullied in jail so much

 

I think what lance did to taint his image, as far as inspiring people, was much worse. Pistorious seems like a bad dude no doubt but he didn't lie about his achievements. In the end, I think the people still can draw inspiritation from these people's lives. You can look how people treated and adored them before them allegations and be inspired by that.

 

Neil Armstrong