Vincent Zhou
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It's a slap in the face to clean sport, to fair competition, to the pillars that the Olympics were founded on sportsmanship, brotherhood, integrity, sisterhood, brotherhood, sisterhood, integrity, and all the virtues of clean sport.
We didn't know we were flying out to Paris until I think the date was August 7th. And we were going to fly out. We were going to fly out August 12th. Hastily packed my bags and went. It was pretty funny. At the start of the internship, I was doing a summer internship in New York at the time. At the start of the internship in June, I had told my boss, hey, there might be...
We didn't know we were flying out to Paris until I think the date was August 7th. And we were going to fly out. We were going to fly out August 12th. Hastily packed my bags and went. It was pretty funny. At the start of the internship, I was doing a summer internship in New York at the time. At the start of the internship in June, I had told my boss, hey, there might be...
We didn't know we were flying out to Paris until I think the date was August 7th. And we were going to fly out. We were going to fly out August 12th. Hastily packed my bags and went. It was pretty funny. At the start of the internship, I was doing a summer internship in New York at the time. At the start of the internship in June, I had told my boss, hey, there might be...
a chance that i have to finish early to go to the the 2024 paris olympics but i don't know i'll keep you updated when i know and the whole summer i was just waiting to tell him i was just waiting to tell him like like the good news hey i gotta leave early I was finally able to tell him a couple of days before.
a chance that i have to finish early to go to the the 2024 paris olympics but i don't know i'll keep you updated when i know and the whole summer i was just waiting to tell him i was just waiting to tell him like like the good news hey i gotta leave early I was finally able to tell him a couple of days before.
a chance that i have to finish early to go to the the 2024 paris olympics but i don't know i'll keep you updated when i know and the whole summer i was just waiting to tell him i was just waiting to tell him like like the good news hey i gotta leave early I was finally able to tell him a couple of days before.
I think that's a great way to put it. And also the gold medal doesn't even feel like a gold medal for the event that it came from. It feels symbolic of the journey. It feels like a symbolic bookend to just all the crazy things that happened. We talked about the sacrifice that my parents made, the injuries, the times that we gave up.
I think that's a great way to put it. And also the gold medal doesn't even feel like a gold medal for the event that it came from. It feels symbolic of the journey. It feels like a symbolic bookend to just all the crazy things that happened. We talked about the sacrifice that my parents made, the injuries, the times that we gave up.
I think that's a great way to put it. And also the gold medal doesn't even feel like a gold medal for the event that it came from. It feels symbolic of the journey. It feels like a symbolic bookend to just all the crazy things that happened. We talked about the sacrifice that my parents made, the injuries, the times that we gave up.
everything all the impossible to predict twists and turns it feels like just a bookend on all of that and i think it's almost like a a feel-good disney movie ending or something vincent throughout your career you've had incredible coaches and mentors like we've talked about who've helped shape you not just as an athlete but as a leader and a role model and now
everything all the impossible to predict twists and turns it feels like just a bookend on all of that and i think it's almost like a a feel-good disney movie ending or something vincent throughout your career you've had incredible coaches and mentors like we've talked about who've helped shape you not just as an athlete but as a leader and a role model and now
everything all the impossible to predict twists and turns it feels like just a bookend on all of that and i think it's almost like a a feel-good disney movie ending or something vincent throughout your career you've had incredible coaches and mentors like we've talked about who've helped shape you not just as an athlete but as a leader and a role model and now
First of all, thanks for the introduction and the kind words, Kirk. I don't know if I can top what you talked about, but you built ICL and so far the results have been incredible. I'm honored to be a part of it, honored to help in any way I can. And you're right, absolutely. I love being able to give back and pass on the things that I've learned and experienced to anyone who might benefit from it.
First of all, thanks for the introduction and the kind words, Kirk. I don't know if I can top what you talked about, but you built ICL and so far the results have been incredible. I'm honored to be a part of it, honored to help in any way I can. And you're right, absolutely. I love being able to give back and pass on the things that I've learned and experienced to anyone who might benefit from it.
First of all, thanks for the introduction and the kind words, Kirk. I don't know if I can top what you talked about, but you built ICL and so far the results have been incredible. I'm honored to be a part of it, honored to help in any way I can. And you're right, absolutely. I love being able to give back and pass on the things that I've learned and experienced to anyone who might benefit from it.
When I first heard about ICL, I looked it up and I was like, wow, this is incredible. This looks like everything I could have wanted when I was a kid. And I was looking for resources to help balance a rigorous training environment with rigorous academic needs. And so the more I get to learn about it, the more I have respect for everyone involved.
When I first heard about ICL, I looked it up and I was like, wow, this is incredible. This looks like everything I could have wanted when I was a kid. And I was looking for resources to help balance a rigorous training environment with rigorous academic needs. And so the more I get to learn about it, the more I have respect for everyone involved.
When I first heard about ICL, I looked it up and I was like, wow, this is incredible. This looks like everything I could have wanted when I was a kid. And I was looking for resources to help balance a rigorous training environment with rigorous academic needs. And so the more I get to learn about it, the more I have respect for everyone involved.
And it's just incredible to see when I look at the students in ICL, I don't see students. I just see like shadows of my younger self. I see people who John, we already talked about this, like seeing myself in the younger generations. I see kids who are ambitious and motivated and love what they do and are hungry. It's like Steve Jobs' famous speech, stay hungry, stay hungry.