Esau McCaulley

My favorite story for this Olympics so far has been Frederica, I think it's Brignone, I guess that's how you say her name.

She's an Italian skier, and she broke her tibia, fibula, and she had a complete knee disc location 10 months ago.

And she just returned to gentle skiing in November, and she won two gold medals.

She talked about how she thought that she may never ski or walk normally again.

For her to come back and to win two gold medals, that's been my favorite story from the Olympics so far.

Listen, I hurt my back in November during a snowstorm.

I'm not back to shoveling the snow here in Chicago yet.

Did you see the conversation?

I think it was with a skier.

I don't remember her name.

Forgive me.

And she won the silver.

The way that she kind of reset and allowed us to understand the actual pressure of an athlete and how those of us who are watching the sports can kind of be excessively critical.

I don't know how you felt.

Did you see that interview, Sasha, and how did you feel about it?

I want to follow up on something that you said when you mentioned taking a long break from watching the Olympics.

Can you explain what it's like for someone who's had that kind of spotlight and had that much of their life dedicated for something as you have?

And then just to say the pressure is so great, I need to turn off even watching my sport for a period of time.

Can you explain what that experience is like or what leads someone down that road?

Is it the attention that comes with it?