haha its funny when the people who are trying to insult me for not capitalizing words do the same. hypocrites are great. but anyways, no, no one ever came up to him and told him to win gold medals for endorsement deals. but he did decide to put himself out in the media for the money. he could have just decided to go to the Olympics and win without the commercials and shit about him. but he signed himself over to be persecuted by the public when he decided to be on commercials and wtf. hey i give him that hes a terrific athlete, but he's an idiot if he thinks that people aren't going to make fun of his Disfigured Cavemen face after he puts himself out there like a 5 dollar hooker.