I know many of you are tired of the 2008 Olympic Games in China, especially if they have taken some of your TV air space.

Well, I'm tired of it too. I get home from 9-12 at night, sit down to watch TV, which usually puts me to sleep in 10-15 minutes, and first wife comes in about 1ish to tell me to come to bed, sometimes.

The Olympics are different. It makes no difference if it's swimming or gymnastics, when you are watching the best athletes in the world perform, you can't go to sleep. I have enjoyed from the start up to every minute that I got to watch.

Have you ever seen such a good-looking bunch of young people in your life, other than right here in Miller County and the surrounding counties? I don't remember seeing an ugly child in the bunch no matter where they come from.

O.K., I am a bit bias. The young people from the U.S.A. look the best, to me, but they all look good.

Not only do they look good, they are good at what they do. Ever so often you see some that don't look like they are quite the athlete that some of the others are until you consider who is there. These young athletes are the best at what they do than anyone else in the world. They have been sent by their respective countries to represent the entire nation they come from.

In each category, there are only three winners, gold, silver and bronze. I get to feeling sorry for those who never win anything. Think about what an honor that your country thinks you are good enough to be a participant in the Olympics. Other than winning one of those coveted gold, silver or bronze medals, it is a high honor just to attend, especially to compete against the best and finest athletes in the entire world.

China is winning lots of gold, silver and bronze. The U.S.A . is doing right well with the medals, just not as much gold.

China ought to be doing better than all the rest and the U.S.A., with over one billion people more, that's a billion more people than the U.S.A.

The Olympics come as close as we have gotten in this world to folks getting along. We even go to a country that is run by Communist dictators.

While these nations and these world class athletes were competing with each other, Russia and Georgia (not our Georgia) were getting ready to fight each other.

To show what quality nations send to the Olympics, the Russian and Georgia teams hugged each other to show that they respect each other and their gifts of sportsmanship even if the politicians don't.

These young people could teach us all something about dedication, skill, competitiveness, respect and friendship if you are striving for the same goal.

Everyone of the competitors in the Olympics want to win the gold, silver or bronze. Only a small percentage wins. They all know that, so they do their best and congratulate the winners.

What a world this would be if we were half the men and women that these young Olympians are, win or lose.

If it don't hurry up and end, I'm going to get fired from my job for being sleepy when I come in each morning.

Like any sport or game of life, we should try to do our best to be winners, but if someone is better, we should congratulate those who do their best and we should try to do better the next time.

Someone once said, "It matters not who wins or loses, but how you play the game."

We are taught from early age that winning is everything. When you really believe that it is everything, you can live a miserable life, for no one, not even some of our local politicians win every time.

Those Olympic contenders could teach us a lot. They really are champions. There is no doubt that they are the best.