Jessica Smetana

My dad doesn't have time for this.

I don't have time for punch or Aaron.

And I feel like they're going to end up taking Ty Simpson way too early.

being engaged.

The gold medal winning women's figure skater.

The performance of a lifetime.

I love this woman.

She retired from figure skating at the age of 16 because she was this youth figure skating prodigy.

She was landing all these jumps that no one else her age could land.

And then she said, this feels like a chore.

This feels like a job.

I'm not having fun anymore.

I'm retiring.

She was in the 2022 Olympics and finished sixth, I believe, and was like,

That was fun.

I'm good.

And then she decided, you know what?

I miss skating.

A couple of years later and she came back and it was like she never left.

And I wonder what the implications are on youth sports if because, you know, we always talk about baseball players in particular, how they have so much wear and tear on their arms by the time they're like 20 years old and need to get Tommy John surgery and all this stuff.