NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 17. IN the second of three parts of a special Q&A session, Anthony Ervin talks about a myriad of topics, including the period of time when he made the decision to sell the gold medal he won in the 50 freestyle at the 2000 Olympics.

Ervin's life was in flux in 2005, and he was not happy with having the gold medal around him as it was "a symbol of my strife and my struggle, but it was also a symbol of my victory." With his desire to completely distance himself fr...