Shaun White

It's done.

I just thought that it doesn't matter.

The other medals are erased if this doesn't happen.

Yeah, that's kind of how I operated for a while.

Because you have to stay in the hunt for the next big win.

So I'd always like, oh, cool, the trophy.

Okay.

And then like, you know, and you've got multiple events.

And it's literally the first question they ask you.

Are you going to the next Olympics?

Right at the end.

Really?

Literally, you're like...

you're trying to catch your breath they're like so you go to the next one and it's it's heavy so so yeah so I remember sitting there thinking like okay like I know how I feel inside and there were things that didn't go my way and yeah I had my plan you know which what does that mean at this point um and I remember thinking the thought of okay I'm gonna make this the best thing that's ever happened to me losing that was you mean you mean yeah yeah losing

I was like, I'll make this the best thing that's ever happened to me.

And that's when I started with that mindset of like, okay, well, if this was the best thing, then what is the outcome?

Like, oh, well, you know, I wasn't doing the big media spree, so I have time to do this now.

Like, I actually just spent time at my house.

I was like, oh, I have time to reconnect with family or friends or, you know, I have time.

I went on – I was in a band for like a while, and, you know, the band went on tour because we had time to do that.