who is the best? spits or phelps. the peak of both of you, who would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spits is a true olympic legend long before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone.
would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spitz is a true olympic legendong before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone. i grew that out of spite because the college coach said you need t