Dr. Jessica Bartley
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But if you train for it, I mean, it's the same piece, though.
It's like interesting thinking of like some people thrive on it.
Some people are like, I'm going to specifically have to train to be in front of, you know, hundreds of thousands of people.
And if you think how many folks are watching the Olympics or the Paralympics, I mean, you start to like think about how you can be at your best.
And that's what we're constantly training.
I mean, it's four years in the making for us where we're not new to the athletes.
We're thinking about it constantly to where it's like.
It doesn't really phase me.
My body doesn't really feel it.
My mind doesn't really feel it.
You just get really accustomed to it because you've practiced so much.
But I think it's a total coin flip.
Like you are going to get athletes who you say, this is the Olympics.
This is super special.
There's nothing like this.
There's other athletes who want it to feel like, oh, it's just any other day.
I've got to block everyone out.
But it's like completely depends.
And that's where you have to have an individualized approach with all the athletes.
Like, you know, you're either reading books or you're working with a sports psychologist, whatever it may be.