Miles Chamley-Watson

That was me realizing that not everybody is the same athlete.

And yes, there's rules and techniques and routines, but I'm not the next person, so why should I prepare like them?

So then once I started to understand that I'm different,

Then that kind of led me up to Rio.

And I actually lived in Korea for a little bit.

And I trained with Yang Ho Kim.

And I won the first Grand Prix of the season.

People are like, why is he going to Korea?

I'm like, why not?

And I won the first Grand Prix of the season.

And I was like, that's why.

Because I wanted to learn something new.

I think as athletes, change is okay.

But sometimes it's hard to take that leap, right?

And then I made the Olympics.

And I had the best team fencing of my life.

And I was able to enjoy the moment, the process, be in Rio, you know, meet the other athletes.

And I think that was when I realized you need to enjoy the journey because when you're done, besides the medal, memories to me are more important.

And if you lose those memories, then you've lost, I think, the coolest part of the journey.

So I think leaning into like the understanding and having fun was ultimately why I was able to, you know, go to three Olympics and have success.