Shaun White

It didn't go my way.

I was upset.

I was frustrated.

And I was like, wow, OK, well, this is probably here to teach me something.

And I remember, it's so funny, I can see it clear as day, but I was at my home, I had a home in Malibu, and I was sitting on the bluff, it was like on the water, I was sitting on the bluff, like trying to feel really bad for myself.

And you're like, I'm in Malibu on the ocean.

Yeah, yeah, no, so like...

Literally, I'm like tearing up like, you blew it, you're an idiot.

You're like, I could have done this or why didn't I do that?

All these what ifs and your brain can just do numbers on you.

So I'm sitting there spiraling and I look out and this whale just like jumped in there and I was like.

Is that a whale?

So majestic.

And it just broke the whole like, I was like, wow, well, things aren't so bad.

You know, I'm here.

This is a beautiful life I've made for myself.

And

I've won two gold medals already.

But up to that point, I'd never been to an Olympics in law.

So I was kind of like, oh, it's all over.