Ex-Giant about to take first step toward Olympic dream

David Wilson, then and now Photo: Joseph E. Amaturo; Maracaibo Media GroupDavid Wilson was forced to prematurely retire from the Giants and the NFL at the age of 23, and when he bid adieu last August, he was tearful but resolute, stating, “I don’t want anybody to feel sorry for me or pity me.”

Clearly, Wilson has paid heed to his own words.

One door closed on Wilson, but he opened another. He’s now a triple jumper, with an eye on the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“I mean it was sad to hear it, but at the same time it’s not sad enough to give up,’’ Wilson said Thursday in Midtown. “Football is like one part of one thing I wanted to do in my lifetime. Don’t live for one thing. I feel like…