Life altering events in an individual’s life can be commemorated through tattoos and tell their life story through illustrations on their body. “[g]etting a ritual tattoo in the pre-modern Pacific was a way of becoming a man, a warrior, [or] a chief” (Jones 3). For thousands of years receiving a tattoo signaled the commiseration of becoming a man. Levins includes that “Sports Illustrated noted ‘[t]attoos have become the sport’s world’s most flaunted form of self expression’” (Levins 5). Professional athletes and Olympians have been seen on television with tattoos that commemorate their experience and achievements in these sporting events. While viewing the 2012 London summer games, many swimmers could be seen with the Olympic rings tattooed
