The Philosopher's Squid.

wine-loving-vagabond:

“Yo me siento contento no porque obtuve la medalla, sino porque con esta medalla yo voy a hacer muchas cosas grandes para Puerto Rico, para los niños, abrirles oportunidades y eso es lo que me llena a mi de alegría. La medalla es una medalla, plata, esto ya mismo coge moho a lo mejor, pero el sentimiento, todo lo que viene con esta medalla, es lo que me motivó y me va a seguir motivando para abrirle puertas a todos esos niños” (via -El Nuevo Dia)

This cutie pie, Jaime Espinal, won today Puerto Rico’s second silver medal in it’s history of Olympic participation (and in wrestling, a sport PR had never won a medal in the Olympics). Hardly anyone knew his name until this morning and it makes me so angry that so many of our athletes didn’t receive the attention they deserved by the press and were eclipsed by a nation’s support and expectations on  one sole athlete, who also did a great job, but I find it all very unfair.