"I remember he ended his speech talking about standing up on the platform receiving the Olympic medal for his country," said Sturges, now the headmaster at the Kamuela, Hawaii-based school. "He gets off the stage to thunderous applause. Then I have to go up to give the next speech, like, 'I'm here from Utah, I'm just a teacher.'"
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| - "I remember he ended his speech talking about standing up on the platform receiving the Olympic medal for his country," said Sturges, now the headmaster at the Kamuela, Hawaii-based school. "He gets off the stage to thunderous applause. Then I have to go up to give the next speech, like, 'I'm here from Utah, I'm just a teacher.'" The gold-medal swimmer spent the last seven years (to 2008) teaching grades 6 through 12 with little fanfare. Settled on Hawaii's Big Island with his wife, Kirsten Biondi, and their three children, his life is a far cry from the days when he was United States (also known as ) File:Flag of the United States.svg Swimming's brightest superstar.
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