Miles Chamley-Watson
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Podcast Appearances
So she still has to learn speech stuff back.
But she can function on her own and she's stronger than me.
So, and as you know, I'm still her little brother, but I became her big brother at that time.
At 37.
Healthy, run marathons.
I can't run a marathon.
Yeah.
Yeah, you gotta, you know, choose your partner, right?
And stress is a real thing.
It's funny because at that time, the Olympics is everything for me.
When you get there, perspective is mad because it's like, that's actually the smallest thing you could accomplish in my life because it's obviously different things I want to do in my life.
But it's funny how like at that time, it's thought of making my life is over, you know, and they make it, you're like, I'm so grateful, but there's so much more to life than just that.
Never losing miles along this journey.
I'm still a 12-year-old kid, just 6'5", covered in tattoos.
And changing my sport forever is probably the two things I'm most proud of.
Winning's great, but changing a sport is bigger than any Olympic gold medal I could ever win.
I got a message recently that this kid used to get bullied in school, a black kid as well, from North Carolina.
Mom sent me a message.
He showed them pictures of me at school, and that changed.
which is crazy to me, right?