Diana Nyad

But there were several incidents when I was young in the broadcast business, not directed toward me personally, but toward women in general, women athletes, women broadcasters.

And I wished I had been more like not on my watch, you know, but I wasn't.

I sat there.

And, you know, in my case, I'm sure you know my story, which is, you know, similar to so many women and women athletes particularly.

But I was, you know, under the thumb of a coach when I was a teenager, and I was strong.

I was as big and as strong physically and personality-wise as I am today.

But I was sexually abused by that coach all through my high school.

Yeah.

And, you know, do people go through worse?

Yeah.

But if I had to go through anything that was the most difficult thing in my life, it was that sexual abuse.

And now it's taken me all these years to try to forgive myself for not throwing that coach up against a wall saying, I'm going to tell my mother.

I'm going to tell the school principal.

I'm going to get you fired.

But I didn't.

I was silenced.

I was shamed.

And I think it's true with women in careers also to feel like I don't deserve to speak up here.

I'm going to lose my whole career.

Yeah.