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No, actually it's just a wrap 18 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: up because I covered the Olympics. Um. I was working 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: on a show called Tokyo Tonight and it aired you know, 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: for four and a half hours every single night for 21 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: the last you know, seventeen days on Peacock, which is 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: NBC streaming service. And I was able to see a 23 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: lot of things, talk to a lot of people, and 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: really get a better understanding, even as a journalist, as 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: a sports journalist, of how this works. So what happened 26 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: was what had happened was I signed up for the 27 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: gig last year when the Olympics were allegedly happening, and 28 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: um it was postponed until this year. UM, things were 29 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 1: changed around a bit. I got a new co host 30 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: by the name of Kenny Maine, and Kinney Maine just 31 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: left ESPN UM about a year after I left, and 32 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: I that was my first time ever working with him, 33 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: So you could imagine, UM, working on a four and 34 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: a half hour show with someone you've never worked with 35 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: before is different. UM, and you know, take a minute 36 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: for us to jail and get our chemistry. But for 37 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: the most part, we were able to work together pretty 38 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: well for the most part. So with that being said, 39 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: I want to get into what I saw and how 40 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: the Olympics came across to me. My Olympics experience is 41 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: going to be one different from someone else's experience. They're 42 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna see it differently, They're gonna explore differently. I'm 43 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: talking about how I was affected. Are the people who 44 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: I saw, the things that really mattered to me, Things 45 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: that I was like, Okay, let me talk about this 46 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: or okay, let me talk about that. So I want 47 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: to say early on, and I think her story really 48 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: was evident throughout the entire Olympics. And I'm talking about 49 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: someone Biles. She came home to all of these cheers, 50 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: take a listen. Why. But I do believe, if I'm 51 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: being honest with you, and I'm so glad that she 52 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: was able to receive all of those cheers. But I 53 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: do believe that it was after the fact when people 54 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: realize that they had to support this young lady, that 55 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: they had to support what she was doing and how 56 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: she wanted to live her life. Um Small Biles just 57 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: the best ever. She was the one who made it 58 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: really clear that she wasn't okay. So early on, Small 59 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, no, I'm not okay. I don't 60 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: feel okay. I'm not okay. And she withdrew from several 61 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: events after not not only did she qualify, but when 62 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: she was early on in the early stages of gymnastics, 63 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: they allow you to compete and you know, and for 64 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: lack of a better term, pre trial, a pre competition 65 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: kind of to get your mind right. Also to make 66 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: sure that you still are qualifying and you're able to participate. 67 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: Simone did not um do well. It wasn't her normal self. 68 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: She wasn't snatched, she didn't have her mind right. She 69 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: competed in one event and she, you know, she slipped 70 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: off the beam and she didn't land well, and she 71 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: was like, whoa, this is not me. Now. When we 72 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: all saw that, everyone was shocked because, i mean, let's 73 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: face it, she's awesome at what she does, you know 74 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: what I mean, She's so good at what she does. 75 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: It made no sense. So people were confused and we 76 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: were like, wait a minute, what happened? What happened? Would happened? 77 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: And when she, to her credit, realized that her mind 78 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: and her spirit wasn't together, she was like, I'm out 79 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna tell you why. People appreciate ated her 80 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: for that. Very few of us have jobs where if 81 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: we don't do what we're supposed to do. We could 82 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: end up in the hospital dead, or something's wrong with us. 83 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: She has a job where she has a bad day, 84 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: she could be paralyzed, falling off a beam if she 85 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: lands the wrong way. Anything could happen to her. She 86 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: could literally injure herself. Seriously. So when she said I'm 87 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: not okay, I respect that all the way through. Like 88 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: everything about what she said made me say, I'm with you. 89 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: I respect it, I understand it. I'm with you. So 90 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: so when she was getting criticized and people were mad 91 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: at her and saying, all you have to do is this. 92 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: You're supposed to do this. You know, all the critics, 93 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: you know the critics, everybody gets something to say. You know, 94 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: it was more about what she looked like and who 95 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: it was. It wasn't about what she said. It was 96 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: about what she looked like and who she was, which 97 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: is really which is really fucked up. You have this 98 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: little brown girl out here with the world on her shoulders, 99 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: feeling like she has to compete for not only herself, 100 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: but so many other people. She knows, she's a role model, 101 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: she knows she has so many different things happening, and 102 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: yet and still, um, it was too much pressure, and 103 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: that leads me to the conversation of what happened with 104 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: Naomi Osaka. She was representing Japan in the Olympics. She lit, 105 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: you guys saw her. She lit the college or in 106 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: the torch, and she did not do well. And that 107 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: could be two reasons. One, she didn't have much tennis 108 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: play coming in because she withdrew from two big tournaments. 109 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: Two she probably could have just been over it. Sometimes 110 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: we just get tired, and I think the cases of 111 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: Naomi as well as the case of Simone, they were 112 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: just tired. It's something about being a professional athlete where 113 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: we we don't allow them to be their true authentic selves. 114 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: They are allowed to be warriors, right. We want to 115 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: see y'all be out there, talk trash, go hard in 116 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: the paint, but you're not allowed, for whatever reasons, to 117 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: be your true authentic self and say I'm not okay. 118 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: People are liking it to the the idea getting a 119 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: trophy for participation. I don't know that there's this new debate, 120 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: not new, fairly old, but new about if a kid 121 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: loses in grade school and high school, junior, high school, 122 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: pop warner team, if your team loses, you don't deserve 123 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: a participation trophy because you don't understand the value of 124 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: what it means to truly win. And if you don't, 125 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: there's This is a theory. If you don't understand the 126 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: value of what it means to work hard and beat 127 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: someone else, then you can never truly understand competition. That's 128 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: the theory. Another theory is that if you lose something 129 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: that you value so much and you hold onto that feeling, 130 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: it makes you a better competitor. It teaches you how 131 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: to dig deep when you didn't dig deep before. These 132 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: are all theories, and I believe these theories now have 133 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: given us this idea that people cannot be real if 134 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: they're an athlete. I hear often that's your job, you 135 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: get paid to do it. I hear that with me 136 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: when I have a bad day of work, I gotta 137 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: show up, trust and believe. These seventeen days, when I 138 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: was on live television for four and a half hours, 139 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: I had many of bad days. I had many of 140 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: bad moments. I couldn't get up and go home. Though 141 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: I couldn't say I'm not feeling right. I could have, 142 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: but I didn't because I knew me not feeling well 143 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: was temporary, or me not feeling like I wanted to 144 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: be in this moment was temporary. I knew that I 145 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: could push through. I don't believe Simone thought that she 146 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: could push through, and that's why she withdrew from several events. 147 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: I think Naomi thought she could push through, but at 148 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: the end of the day, she wasn't physically, probably or 149 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: mentally prepared, and she lost. She didn't withdrawal, she just 150 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: lost all of its relatively the same when you don't 151 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: have the wherewithal to to really truly comprehend mentally what 152 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: you're doing or mentally get into the mindset of competing it. 153 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you're not there. You're there physically, but emotionally 154 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: you're like, no, let me get through this. And in 155 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: Siman's case, as mentioned, there's no get through this when 156 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: you're flipping into air three, four or five times trying 157 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,719 Speaker 1: to land on your feet. And then she says she 158 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: had the twisties, which means you she just didn't know 159 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: where she was. She had no full concept of how 160 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: many times she twisted, what was going on like that's 161 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: unheard of, and it could have really ended badly if 162 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: she tried to push through, not just losing, but I'm 163 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: talking physically ended badly. So it's wonderful two see her 164 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: being supported. There's always gonna be naysayers, because that's what 165 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: people do, a lot of idiots are out there just 166 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: wanting something to say just so they could trend. And 167 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: to those idiots, let them have their space and let 168 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: them have their land. But anybody criticizing her has never 169 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: truly competed in a way that's worthwhile. And with that 170 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: being said, I gotta be honest with you, I thought 171 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: of about my girl. Alison Felix. By way of background, 172 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: Alison Felix is now after the twenty Tokyo Olympics held 173 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: is the most decorated American track and field athlete we've 174 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: ever had in the Olympics, Beyond Carl Lewis, Beyond anybody else, 175 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: name me somebody. She is the most decorated, and I'm 176 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: talking about Americans, the most decorated track and field athlete 177 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: we've ever had, beyond Flow Joe May she rest in peace. 178 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 1: That'sn't heard of. Thirty five years old, she had a baby. 179 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: Her sponsors told her, you know what, if you're going 180 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: to have this baby, you're more than likely done your 181 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: career is over. You probably won't make it to the 182 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: next Olympics, so we should probably end our relationship. How 183 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: many times somebody tell you that you don't matter, that 184 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: your career is over. And when I interviewed on that 185 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: show Tokyo tonight, she was, I mean her normal, elegant, graceful, 186 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: gracious self. Take a listen, joining us live from Tokyo. 187 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Um. The first question is how 188 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: are you feeling. I know you're overwhelmed. I know there 189 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: have been um a lot of people grasping for your attention. 190 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: Right now you're on a car wash and uh interviews. 191 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: Have you had a moment to let this all sink in? 192 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: Carry is so good to see your face. UM, I 193 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: don't think it's hit me completely yet, but I will 194 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: I go in this moment, I feel so at peace, 195 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: I feel satisfied, and I feel the bill. Yeah. And 196 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: you know I saw you say when you're being interviewed. 197 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: Immediately after the tenth medal, they had showed your family, 198 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: I love your husband. He threw at the dan like this, 199 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: so we did. Your brother was there, Cammy was there, 200 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: Cammy's trying to kiss the camera, And you said, I 201 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: just called you guys. So was that the first thing 202 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: you did after you basically got the bronze? You you 203 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: picked up the phone and called your family or tried 204 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: to call your family. I tried to call them and 205 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 1: I didn't have service. Um, but yeah, I mean, they 206 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: just they mean so much to me and they've been, 207 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: you know, uplifting me and it's gonna struggle here, you know, 208 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: by myself, and so um, they've been my lifeline. And 209 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: so that's the first, you know, call that I wanted 210 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: to make. I really truly, I was so happy for her. 211 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: And the reason why I was happy for Allison was 212 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: because we've all been told one time or not in 213 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: our career, and we'll be told again that we don't matter, 214 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: or we're not good enough, or we just don't have it. 215 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: And Alison was like, I'm all set. I'm gonna put 216 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:44,359 Speaker 1: my head down quietly, do my job quietly, show up quietly, 217 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: and do the things I'm supposed to do. To me, 218 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: that's the most amazing thing you can ever do. And 219 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: not only did she show up and do her job, 220 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: she did it well. She got bronze in the four 221 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: hundred meter, she was in the four by four relay 222 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: where the American and women took gold. Thank you. That 223 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: made a leven for her. I was so proud of her. 224 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: I mean, and here's the thing. She was the big 225 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: story going in. No other outside of small Biles, no 226 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: other real I didn't hear about anybody that we were 227 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: really rooting for. She carry Richardson, but she didn't make it. 228 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: She was the big story, and Nike told her to 229 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: go home. No disrespect to Nike, I get it, but 230 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 1: they're always has to be one. There always has to 231 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: be the first, and she was the first. And while 232 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: that might have been painful for her, she dug deep, 233 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: as they say, and changed her mindset and she said, no, okay, 234 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: I'll go get another sponsor, and then when I get 235 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: this other sponsor, I'm gonna go and really take what 236 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: happened to me and make it better for everybody else 237 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: who comes behind me. She sponsored nine children. There were 238 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: women who were competing in the the Olympics who had 239 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: kids and they didn't have enough money for childcare. And 240 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: she sponsored mine children to come over with their parents, 241 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: their mothers have somebody watched them. That's expensive to have 242 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 1: somebody watch your child while you over competing and getting 243 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: ready for the Olympics. She did that to take the 244 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: pressure off of them, because she knows what it's like 245 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 1: to be a mommy. If you don't have anybody to 246 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: stay at home and watch her kids for whatever reasons, 247 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: or maybe you don't want to be separated from your child. 248 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: She was like, I got you. That's what we should 249 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: be doing. We should be normalizing women having babies as athletes. 250 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: It shouldn't be the end of your career. And by 251 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: the way, that means that's for every woman. I don't 252 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: know a woman that's not successful who feels like she 253 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: has to make a decision between having a child or 254 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: continuing her career. Myself included that ship hits me every day. 255 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: And the longer I waited, the more I'm like, DAMG, 256 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: I just should have did it. And I'm glad she 257 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: did it, and I'm glad that she's making a difference 258 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: as a result. She not only did she write an 259 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: op ed I should go read this op ed in 260 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: the New York Times about what she went through because 261 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: she was a pregnant athlete over a certain age. She 262 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: then testified before Congress because she had birth complications giving 263 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: birth to her daughter Cammy. She almost I mean literally, 264 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: she could have passed away. And if you're black and 265 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: you had a child, you know this is real. She 266 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: went before Congress to talk about adequate healthcare for Black women, 267 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: especially doing childbirth, because we die at a disproportionate rate 268 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: than other women and it's unfair and that is because 269 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: we don't have the same access that we should have 270 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: that others have. And she talked about it, and then 271 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: she went to the Olympics and rank, We've got a 272 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: couple of medals, ran around track, got a couple of medals, 273 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: became the most decorated track and field Olympian in American history. 274 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: Thank you. It's a bad, bad, bad girl. Pay respect 275 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: to her. I've noticed, and I said this to her, 276 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: because she's so quiet. I think that she goes under 277 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: the radar. She came into the game really young. She 278 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: was eighteen years old and she was just figuring it out. 279 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: She went pro eighteen, and so she had to find 280 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: her voice. I've been there, and her voice has been 281 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: really quiet until she became a grown woman. And it 282 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: all came together and it made sense, and it was 283 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: like lightbulb. I have something to say. Respect every champion 284 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: and carry Champion is to be a champion, a champion 285 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: and carry Champion and carry Chapion. A champion and carry 286 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: Chappion and carry Champion rais and sports. And then the 287 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: tam making Naked Park every champion and carry champions. To 288 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: be a champion, a champion, they carry Champion, they chap Champion, 289 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: they carry Champion and carry Chappion Sports. And then the 290 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: team making Naked warpan let's talk about bad skit ball. 291 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: We love that bad skit ball, so team USA. I'll 292 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: start with the men first. I had an opportunity to 293 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: you interview Dame and of course Myles silly but was 294 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: trying to see if he's coming to the Lakers um. 295 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: But take a listen, guys are on Dame. They want you. However, 296 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: you have not been linked to one team in particular, 297 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: and if we could show this photo, I was wondering, 298 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: if you wait, what's funny. I didn't know number ninety nine, 299 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: not necessarily number you'd go for, but I just wanted 300 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: you to look at how the gold really brings out 301 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: your skin tone. And then there's another that I really 302 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: felt was more apropos I we could show that that 303 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: there's one more photo we put together of you that 304 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: I think that would be a great one. How do 305 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: we funny? You know? TALM TV Dame, that's me with myself, Pitch. 306 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,239 Speaker 1: Tell me how you're feeling about all the conversation. I 307 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: know that there has been this back and forth and 308 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: you said that you're not making any decisions. Where are 309 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: we at now mentally and spiritually? I mean, I think 310 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 1: every time I've been asked about this, I've been very transparent. 311 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: You know, I don't I'm not sure what more I 312 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 1: can say. Um, you know I've been in conversation with 313 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: the Trail Blizzards and our GM Nellotia and about what 314 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: I would would like for us to to look like 315 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: going forward, and um, you know what my my desires 316 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: are as far as having a chance to win it all. 317 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: And you know, I think that right there shows that, 318 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: you know, I would want to to be a traivel 319 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: azer for my entire career, like I've always said. Uh, 320 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: you know, so all the the chatter and Dames doing 321 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: this for Dames said that, I think I've done a 322 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: pretty good job of speaking for myself and being honest 323 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: since you guys have known me so Um, you know, 324 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: my my heart and my plan is to always be 325 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: a traivelizer. But like I said in Vegas, you know it, 326 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: we all got to be on the same page and 327 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: want to um take the steps and do the right 328 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: things to give us a chance to win a championship. 329 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: So Dame clearly not coming to the Lakers, but I 330 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: had to ask. This was like week one of the Olympics. 331 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: I had to ask because it was one of the 332 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: big stories, UM where he was going. He was really 333 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: clear that he wanted to stay. He made it clear 334 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: to me. But one of the big stories was obviously 335 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: free agency in the NBA, so that was kind of 336 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: colliding with the Olympics. So I had to get that 337 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: conversation out there. UM. Side note, Lakers got Russell Westbrook, 338 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony, a couple of others that I'm 339 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: just not naming right now. I'll talk about that later. 340 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: Back to Dame tam Usa, it just so happens that 341 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: before they went to Tokyo, I saw them play tm 342 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: USA play in Vegas against Nigeria, and that's when they 343 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: lost that first warm up game, not by much, but 344 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: I didn't think it was a big deal. Just I 345 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: didn't read anything. I just watched it and I said, Okay, 346 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: they're tired. That's all I thought. I didn't I wasn't panicked. 347 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: But then when I read you know, social media, and 348 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: I saw these reporters saying, you know, this looks bad. 349 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: This looks bad, I was like, no, it don't. They're tired. Listen. 350 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: They just came off the bubble. They had an abbreviated 351 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: rest period, the season started right back up. They didn't 352 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: get a break and All Star break. There was an 353 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: All Star game in Atlanta when they said they were 354 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: going to give them a minute, and a lot of 355 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: these people have been playing straight through. So that's why 356 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: no disrespect to the Bucks or to the Phoenix Suns. 357 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: But that's why this year's finals has an asterisk because 358 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:34,959 Speaker 1: these teams arguably wouldn't have made it as far. I'm 359 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: sorry be mad at the Atlanta Hawks would have made 360 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 1: it as far. So anyway, I see all these players 361 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: coming out of their regular, prolonged season. They're tired, they 362 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: haven't played together. There's no chemistry. They had maybe two 363 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: weeks to kind of jail. Maybe doubtful. How do you 364 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: jel in two weeks on the court? You've got a 365 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: bunch of newbies, a bunch of young ones, and then 366 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: you got people who were just flat out tired because 367 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: they've been playing essentially non out for a year and 368 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: a half because of COVID, coming out of a bubble, 369 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: mentally exhausted because they were they were bubbled and they 370 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: were cordoned off. That's not the right word. They were 371 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: bubbled and set aside. So I can imagine they're just exhausted. 372 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: So of course they're going to trip up. But I 373 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: have to be honest, I didn't think they were going 374 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: to do well. But I had been talking to some 375 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: players behind the scenes, namely Draymond, and he was like, look, 376 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: we're tired as hell, but I'm not worried. He was like, look, 377 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: we don't do this, y'all can doubt all y'all want to. 378 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: We got this, don't worry about it. We're gonna steady 379 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: the ship. And that's exactly what they did. They took gold. 380 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: It would have been an embarrassment if the if the 381 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,880 Speaker 1: American men didn't take a gold but but not to say, look, 382 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: France ain't no joke. They played in the gold medal 383 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 1: match with them gold medal game with them France. Ain't 384 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: no joke. A lot of those players we know because 385 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: they play on your favorite teams. Basketball is an international sport, 386 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: but everyone comes to the States to play because that's 387 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: where the money can be made aid. But these international players, 388 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: when it's time to play for their home team, will 389 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: play for their home country rather and won't think twice Luca, 390 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert, Patty Males. I'm thinking a bunch like you 391 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: go down the list, I saw some you know, you 392 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: see the all stars out there like no, I'm I'm 393 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: an REB home, I'm an REB home. But the real 394 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: story here are the ladies. Shout out to Sue Bird 395 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: and Diana to Rozzi. Fifth gold medal hasn't been done before. 396 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: Shout out to Don Staley her sixth gold medal as 397 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: a player and a coach. The American women have not 398 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 1: lost a game in fifty times out like, let's get 399 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: it out. They've played. They had a fifty three game 400 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: win streak going into that gold medal game. They have 401 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: not lost these These women are virtually undefeated, their dominant 402 00:22:54,160 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: still respectful, dominant, priceless. This is the real story, though, 403 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: when are we going to start to respect women's sports, like, 404 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: we got to start respecting what they do. If I 405 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: had to look back over everything that we covered and 406 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: and and in in my Olympic recap and the behind 407 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: the scenes that I'm giving you, here's the truth of 408 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: the matter. These games were hard. They were hard for 409 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: the people covering them, and they were hard for the 410 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: athletes there. And what I mean by that is that 411 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: this entire we're lead up to Tokyo played in was 412 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 1: covered by the pandemic. People couldn't train the same they 413 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: couldn't be around the same resources, They didn't have the 414 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: same resources, they didn't have the same capacity. Mentally, I 415 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: applaud someone because when when Simone came out and said 416 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,959 Speaker 1: I'm not okay, do you know most athletes felt that way. 417 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: Most people feel that way. Consider what we've been through 418 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: us last year and a half two years. Most of 419 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: us feel that way. We're not okay. So for Simone 420 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: to be able to dig deep and be honest and 421 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: be vulnerable and get criticized for it is crazy because 422 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: I bet most people covering it, reporters such as myself 423 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: and most athletes they are, felt the exact same way. 424 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: That's not the story You're gonna hear, but it takes 425 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 1: a lot to be isolated. Tokyo was a lockdown. There 426 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: was no hanging out when most of the athletes arrived. 427 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: They had a fourteen day quarantine when most of the 428 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: reporters of people covering work in the event fourteen day 429 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: quarantine before you can actually go out. The only places 430 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: you were allowed to go to in air quotes were 431 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,919 Speaker 1: to the events you're recovering. There were no fans in 432 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: the stands. Imagine imagine being an athlete and being able 433 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: to get a certain high off of knowing there are 434 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: fans rooting for you, and all that virtually disappears. Silence 435 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: is a scary place for a lot people competing in 436 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: silence really allows you to hear what you're thinking about yourself. 437 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: And nine times out of cham we're not that kind 438 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: with ourselves, which I don't like. We need to be 439 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: kind to ourselves. I'm talking to me too. But this 440 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: Olympics was hard. We're not gonna live in the toughness 441 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: of it. But these little peaks, these little windows that 442 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: we had simone story, Naomi story, Allison's story that's representative 443 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: across the board. Women will be more honest and we 444 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,719 Speaker 1: always lead the charge. Men are not always gonna come 445 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: out and say I'm not okay. Michael Phelps, God bless him, 446 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: one of the greatest ever get the pool as a swimmer, 447 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: talks about it consistently. But athletes like Caleb Dressel, young 448 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: man from Florida. He won two individual goals and when 449 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: they showed his family, he couldn't even speak because he 450 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: had so much emotion and so many tears and he 451 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: didn't want to say anything because he knew he'd lose it. 452 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: So he kept it really tight. Lip tremble, a little 453 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: bit of a quiver. But I'm not gonna say much more. 454 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: Caleb just said, after all we've been through this year, 455 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: I promise you every single athlete from every country felt 456 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: that way. There were stories behind the stories that we 457 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: just didn't know, and it is it took. It's nothing 458 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: short of a miracle that the Olympics were able to 459 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: go on. I have friends who said they shouldn't have 460 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: taken place, friends who were like, it's okay to say 461 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: no Olympics. I have mixed emotions about that for different reasons. 462 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: Because we do need to and by normal I mean 463 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: in air quotes, we do need to embrace some level 464 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: of normalcy. We have to hold on to some things 465 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: to keep us sane. We have to make an effort 466 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: to have a little bit of normalcy in our lives. 467 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: Whether it be the Olympics, whether it be you go 468 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: to the store, whether it be you go outside and 469 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:22,479 Speaker 1: go for a walk. We have to have something. And 470 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: I think for people who do enjoy the Olympics, this 471 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 1: was nice. I mean, it definitely was different, but it 472 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: was nice. It was nice too to see the pool play, 473 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: to see the kids swimming in the pool, to see 474 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: to see track and field, to see new stars rising. 475 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: But this entire Olympics will forever be marred as the 476 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 1: pandemic Olympics, known as not even marred, that's not a 477 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: bad thing, known as I I don't know if you 478 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: guys believe this, and I'm gonna share something as I 479 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: do on this show. Per Finally, it was so good 480 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 1: to see these moments where people were winning, especially like 481 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: I mentioned Alice and Felix because she's such a good friend. 482 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: It was nice to see you know, Caleb Dressel, you know, 483 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: get really excited. It was nice to see the women 484 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: and you know, in beach volleyball, the A team, Alex 485 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: Kleinman and April Ross do really well. It was beautiful. 486 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 1: These are all beautiful things. But what I realized quickly, 487 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: probably day two or three of me being on air 488 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: for four and a half hours covering the Olympics, was 489 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: that I wasn't in working condition. I repeat, I was 490 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: not in working condition. And what that means is is 491 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: that we all are still having a COVID hangover. Most 492 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: of us are working from home, not in an office, 493 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: not around a lot of people, not for long periods 494 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,959 Speaker 1: of time, just locked in dead pad down. That's it. 495 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: I think a lot of us have prioritized are our 496 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: mental over over making sure we're consistently busy or we're 497 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: starting to. And when you work from home, there's just 498 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: certain level of comfort. So for me to be in 499 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: an office for ten to twelve hours a day NonStop, 500 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: you know, high class problems because people don't have jobs, 501 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: and I'm grateful to have a job. I'm not complaining, 502 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: but it does take a different mental right. You have 503 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: to adjust. You have to go back to working shape, 504 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: back in the office forty plus hours a week around 505 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: a bunch of people. You don't really know that you 506 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: have to be a certain way around them because that's 507 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: office etiquette. So to be thrown back into that without 508 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: really being in shape for that mentally or physically, that 509 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: was tough. And I was doing everything I could to survive. 510 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: So if that means soon as I could GoF for 511 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: does that mean come home and sit in my hotel 512 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: room and watch stupid TV for two hours till I 513 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: fall asleep at four am in the morning, and then 514 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: get right back up at seven to two or eight 515 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: am and try it again. Then I'm gonna do it, 516 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: because that's what exactly what I did it for three weeks. 517 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: It's tough. I mean that is tough mentally more so 518 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: than a physical aspect. The physical wears on you. But 519 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: I call it playing well with others in the sandbox. Listen, 520 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: I've been working at the house, are working in environments 521 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: I choose for a very long time now, and it's 522 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: not that long. But once you start, it's hard to 523 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: turn it off. It's hard to go back to that environment. 524 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: Y'all know what I'm saying. So I use that small example. 525 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: When you think of athletes who've been training for five 526 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: and a half years, they've been training for up to 527 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: four years and then they realize it's not happening, so 528 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: they had another year and a half on. They've been 529 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: training for five and a half years in different conditions, 530 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: different people in there and different people in their surroundings. 531 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 1: They don't have their family members. Some people may have 532 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: lost family members. We're not even talking about those stories, 533 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: but they're still pushing. There was this guy who won 534 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: the shot put. He won gold. He was his a beast, 535 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: and uh, his grandfather passed away when he got on 536 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:18,959 Speaker 1: the plane to come to Tokyo. Let me find this 537 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: young man's name. But that's just another example of what 538 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: you're dealing with. I didn't know his story and we 539 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: didn't really get into it because people were trying to 540 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: to only show the good stuff, right. We didn't want 541 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: to really bumm you out. We wanted the games to 542 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: be exciting. His name is Ryan Krauser. He's thirty one 543 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 1: years old. He said a world record at the Olympic Trials. 544 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: Then he comes to the Olympics and again that's another record. Congratulations, 545 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: he won gold and silver. He out here doing the 546 00:31:54,800 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: damn thing, But no one knew that he lost his 547 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: grandfather who actually taught him how to be a thrower 548 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: was one of the reasons why he did what he 549 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: did as an Olympian. He died the day that he 550 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: hopped on the plane to come to Tokyo to compete, 551 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: and then he wrote a little note and I don't 552 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: know if you all saw it, and it was like, 553 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: we did at Grandpa. No one knew what that meant 554 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: until we asked, because that's what I do. And he's like, 555 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: it was for my grandfather. I'm dedicating this Olympic gold 556 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: to my grandfather. He died what now the actual a 557 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: week before he competed, to be specific, his grandfather passed away. 558 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: You get there early, and he simply said, Grandpa, we 559 00:32:55,160 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: did it, Olympic champion. Like, that's a beautiful message. You 560 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: know how heavy people's hearts have been while they were competing. 561 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: I digress a bit because I'm saying getting back into 562 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,719 Speaker 1: work in shape is a mofo. And I salute all 563 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: the athletes. I salute everyone who worked the Olympics. I 564 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: salute every single person who was able to be a 565 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 1: part of such a massive undertaking. My friend called it 566 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: boot camp for journalists because she's covered a few and 567 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: she's like, it's tough. It's boot camp. So I salute 568 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: you all, especially during a global pandemic which is still underway, 569 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: which we are still trying to normalize. Because right now 570 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: we're normalizing a pandemic, We're still trying to live our life. 571 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 1: We're still trying to go on vacation, We're still trying 572 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: to see our friends, We're trying to open up restaurants, 573 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: We're trying to avoid the delta variant. We're still trying 574 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: to normalize this pandemic so that mentally we can push through. 575 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,959 Speaker 1: So I salute every single athlete because there are stories 576 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: behind the stories behind the stories. I salute everyone who 577 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: helped do this, because there are stories behind the stories 578 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: behind the stories. And hopefully I gave you a little 579 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: glimpse into what was going on. And I know I 580 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 1: sound tired. I'm exhausted because when I tell you, I 581 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: just got off a flight, plugged in my computer and said, 582 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: let me talk to the people, let me get naked. 583 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: And as I go I say this, I am grateful. 584 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 1: My agent said that I was complaining too much, which 585 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: I probably was. Talent does that. I am grateful, But 586 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: I'm honest and I'm real, and I learned a lot. 587 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,000 Speaker 1: I learned what I can tolerate and what I can't tolerate. 588 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: I learned what's acceptable for me in my world, for 589 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 1: me to mentally be my best, and what's not acceptable, 590 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: and nothing's wrong with that. I start this story very 591 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: much like I began this story. I hear all the 592 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: time now saw that I'm home. Oh my god, you 593 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: did a great job. You killed you were great. Congratulations, 594 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: very much like how Simone is hearing from her peers 595 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 1: as she lands right, you're so great, You're so great. 596 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 1: And I also know there were times that I wasn't 597 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: okay and I wasn't feeling great, and that too is 598 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: okay as well. If we've learned anything, it needs to 599 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,879 Speaker 1: be lead with empathy, lead with forgiveness. Understand that we're 600 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: all figuring something out and we're not always going to 601 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: be our best, and that should be okay, and that 602 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 1: should not define who I am, and that should not 603 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: define who Simone is, or who or who Naomi Osaka is, 604 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 1: or who any of these athletes are that we were 605 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: able to watch up close and personal. It's hard to 606 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: get back and work in shape the Olympics working shape, 607 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: Thank you, guys, for listening to this special recap. Shout 608 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: out to everyone who came on to talk to me. 609 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,839 Speaker 1: Shout out to Dane we were able to use that. 610 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 1: Shout out to my girl Allison, shout out to Simone. 611 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: Shout out to everybody who were able to give us 612 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 1: a little love and a little laughter um during our 613 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 1: working weeks. I'll see y'all next week. We're back to 614 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,800 Speaker 1: regular scheduled programming on Naked h