Transcript of Episode 528: My Thoughts on Lindsey Vonn’s Crash and Having an Olympian Mindset

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You may have seen her around because she used to do solos with me all the time, and she always plays the best foil. So thank you for being here. Today, I want to talk about a topic that I want to talk about resilience in its greatest form, and I'm going to tell you why. Why I think this is. I'm so passionate about this topic today. Did you watch the Olympics over the weekend?

I've been catching bits and bobs, but I love the Winter Olympics. It's such a fun time.

I have to talk about this. I got to give a shout out to Lindsay Vaughn. She was on this podcast maybe a year or two ago. Was she? Yes. I love her. How cool is that? She's great. And I'm going to tell you why I wanted to really talk about resilience Because I have never in my life... I mean, people overuse the word badass and all these buzzwords. This girl, this woman is so inspirational and aspirational Rational. What she accomplished and what she did on the weekend, I mean, it left my jaw was literally open. She tore her ace. For those of you who don't know, this girl tore her ace. She's 41 years old, okay? She has a titanium knee that she got, I don't know how many years ago. I don't remember. She was out for the count. She was already old to be in the Olympics, even five, six, seven years ago, eight years ago. She got herself back up, up and running, so to speak. She won all these new championships or new whatever you win in skiing, qualified for the Olympics at 41 years old. Crazy. Ten days before she goes, she tore her ACL.

She's got one knee that's titanium, and the other knee is a torn... She tore her ACL in practice 10 days before the Olympics, 10 days before she goes out to do the Olympics at 41. She decides, Screw that, I'm still going. She decided to still compete. She then goes and competes with this torn ACL, and It's unbelievable. And 10 or 12 or 15 seconds into it, she has this terrible accident and basically goes, basically, topples over herself twice and breaks her leg. And the accident that she had- What? Yes, breaks her leg. What?

I was not following the full story.

She broke her leg 10 seconds or 12 seconds or whatever it was into her competing for her final Olympics at 41 years old after all the things that she went through, her whole career. She's had so many injuries, had so much stuff happened to her, and still was such a badass fighter and talk about resilience and got herself back up on the... No, stop. Competing for the Olympics and then breaks her leg 10 seconds into it. And this is the kicker.

Oh, I thought you meant she got back up after breaking the leg and continued.

No, she broke her leg, and they had to airlift her out of the place. But this is what I find to be even more crazy is that she, A, decided to even compete when she had this torn ACL. But this is the part that seemed more insane. Her injury, how she got the broken leg and how she had that accident, had nothing to do with her knee. She hit something on the way down. You know that flag? Was it the flag that she hit? The pool? The pool? Yeah, the pool. She hit the pool that made her topple over and over. So that's how she broke her. It wasn't because of the ACL injury.

How crazy is that? That is just... Honestly, that's such an insane story, but also such a badass story. I only followed the Trump comment part. Did you see that?

No.

Trump made a comment about her ACL, and then all these- I didn't see that. All these other athletes started coming out in defense of her.

No. What did he say?

I don't know. Something stupid on Truth Social.

Oh, I have no idea what he said. I don't follow what he says. I was more about the fact that she, to me, is such an inspiration to it, not just to girls, young girls, I think to anybody and everybody, if you want to do something, if you have your mind on right, if you have a mindset that you want to do something, if you're committed to a certain thing, nothing Nothing can stop you. How do you even teach that level of resilience, that level of drive, grit? I just think that she's made differently. I think there's some people, this is my fault. I think that some people are just made differently than others. When I heard stories, even from her when she was sitting here talking about her whole evolution of being a champion, an Olympic champion, and her whole career, I mean, things that she says and things that she pushed through, I don't know anybody who would be able to go through that pain and that suffering.

Yeah, you do. You've had so many of them on your podcast.

I'm telling you, she's in the top, too. Okay. I'm talking she's in the top two or three in terms of people that are inspirational.

Okay, yes, I agree with that. But I think that people don't know what pain and suffering they can actually take until they're put into insane circumstances. Okay. I agree with And you find a level of strength you didn't even know was possible.

You're right. I do agree with that. I think that people can endure way more than they even give themselves credit for. I think you don't know what you don't know until you're in that situation. I do agree, 1,000 %. So, yeah, that's true. And I have had a lot of people on who have been remarkable in terms of their story, their resilience, and their inspiration, for sure. But I think- No, but I hear what you're saying. I think that she, right now, currently, what I saw on the weekend was just so remarkable. And like I said, I don't know many people. If you think about how hard it is to get into the Olympics on a good day and then qualify lying for the Olympics at her age and then having an injury and actually committing to still do it. And then getting to that horrible accident only 12 seconds into it, not even because of the injury that you had in the first place. It's so crazy. It was like a fluke that she hit the pole.

Honestly, it's surreal to me how different I feel like we view age now than we did way back when. I feel like the Olympics are going to start seeing older and older people competing. If you look at gymnastics, you used to retire at the age of 12. You know what I mean? That's so true. It's honestly crazy how ageist gymnastics was. You could never do it past a certain age. And now I just feel like the doors are opening to things. People like Lindsay are showing the world that you can still carry on. Your world doesn't have to end just because you're a, quote, unquote, expired in some regard.

I think also the training systems have probably improved a lot. Like the technology.

Longevity, health.

Well, I think... Not longevity, just a buzzword.

I'm saying the training- Why people are living so much longer now.

Yeah. But my point to what I'm talking about training this way, I think that there are mechanisms- It's a triad. We're saying the same thing. No, I'm saying the training mechanisms, how to perform at your peak. There's so many new technologies out there that probably can help you speed up- Expand the longevity of your athletic career? Yes, but that's not what I'm talking about right now. I'm not expanding that. I'm talking about that can help you heal from an injury quicker is what I'm talking about.

Yeah, and also train better and train for longer period to be able to sustain an actual athletic career. You used to literally get so injured, you would have nothing to be able to do because the training was shit. They didn't have the same expertise. The recovery was shit. They didn't have the same expertise. And now there's a million things on either end of that spectrum to help with both of them.

I'm also maybe we know more about the body, like nutrition, the body, mechanics, all these things. Anyway, I just thought that if you really want a story or if you really want a story or something that can help really motivate you or teach you about resilience, I really was just really touched and in awe shock about what I saw. So that's really all I wanted to add.

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Wait, we have to end this off because you are Canadian, so I have a question for you. What is your favorite winter Olympic sport? There is a right answer.

I do like skiing.

Oh, okay, fine.

That's fair. But I'm going to tell you what I've always loved as a little girl, ice skating.

Oh, I love ice skiing.

That's such a great answer. I just think that- Aren't you a pretty good skater as well? No. But I would say that I think that... No, I'm not. But I do think that I think every girl loves ice skating, right?

It is just such a great... It is. It's so visually entertaining and feminine and fun and It's beautiful. It looks like you're just gliding.

What other ones do you like?

Curling. Oh, my God. It's the best winter sport. Are you joking? Unbelievable. I know it's all trendy right now and stuff, but when I was younger- Are you joking right now? I was 10 years old sitting in Montreal in the freezing winter watching the Olympics on my grandma's little TV. Who watches Curling? I would always watch the Curling because I thought it was so funny. And they'd be like, oh, oh, oh. Like, they're so crazy.

I can't tell if you're joking or not. No, I'm not joking. Nobody watches the Curling.

First of all, a lot of people watch Curling. It's very trendy in the last few years. People are way more into Curling now than they ever have been. Are you kidding me? Yeah, I've been waiting for this day. It's almost going to become mainstream soon.

I don't know one person who watches Curling.

See, our algorithms are so different. I know a lot of Curling fans.

I don't even know if you're joking or not. I don't know one person, and I'm Canadian, that watches Curling. Are you serious? No, I don't know one human being. You know how fun Curling is? People see Curling on the TV, and they keep on... No.

It's a scroll stopper.

People love Curling. Nobody watches scrolling. In fact, that's the biggest joke of them all. People are like, What is this? It's boring. It's like watching scrolling, like when they talk about how boring something is.

No, no. Because maybe they're not looking at the right things. It's like watching paint dry. Maybe they're not looking at the right things. You should be watching the facial expressions. You should be looking at the mannerisms. You should be looking at the cheering, the noises coming out of these people. Maybe they're just not experiencing it right. It's so entertaining. Are you joking? Have you ever seen Olympic Curling? Okay. Anybody listening to this podcast- No, I'm sorry. There's absolutely no way.

Tell me if who's crazy, me or her. I've never heard anybody watch Curling. In fact, actually, you know what I'm going to have to do right now? I'm going to check GPT this because I'm reporting you. This doesn't even make sense to me. Hold on. Yes. What is the least- Sweeping the ice. The least popular winter Olympic sport to watch?

Guys, Curling is so fun. Okay, hold on.

Why? Okay.

Maybe you just need to open your eyes more. A lot of people didn't have hot honey on their pizza until recent years, and yet now all of a sudden it's everywhere. Okay. I can't even find it. Hold on. Now it's all over the place.

I saw Anne I'm not answering the question. Open your eyes. I'm going to ask, is curling popular or not popular as something to be viewed in the Olympics? Hold on. Let me see. Yes.

Curling is a popular sport, says Google. So let's see what your AI says. Hold on. Battle of the AIs. Who's going to get more validation? No, it's not.

It says, During the Olympics, it's quasi-popular. Outside the Olympics, not popular at all. I said Olympic curling. Why curling works at the Olympics? I specified. There's a clear objective, low barrier to entry, strategy drama, and personality show. Drama, personality. You hear the athletes talk, yell, and sleep.

Yes. No, you don't understand. It's like the novella of Olympic sports. It's so much fun to watch. It's like the K drama.

Wait, why people think it's unpopular? It doesn't feel extreme or athletic to most people. It's very athletic. And the sweeping confuses people at first.

Because They're just not smart enough to get the sport. But if you watch it for 2 seconds, you get some context.

Okay, it says here, Plane truth. Curling is the most accidentally popular Olympic sport because people mock it, then sit down, then don't They love it. They change the channel because they're too lazy.

And then they fall in love with it because they're like, oh, my God, what is this incredible thing? Can you imagine the injury? What would the injuries be compared to other dangerous sports? Oh, my God. Listen, there's some injuries Okay, you ever watch Dodgeball with Ben Stiller?

Yes, of course. I love that movie.

Imagine that, but with crawling. But that's actually what the sport is like. It's the best thing ever. You got to watch it. I'm sorry, but you have to. And also you're Canadian, it's It's weird that you don't.

No, it's weird that you do, actually. It's weird that you don't. No, because I know a lot of Canadians, and nobody watches Curling. I don't like to shame people. And the fact that you're American and you watch it. Okay, listen, Touisha's Own, Tomato, Tomado. If you want to watch paint ride. Go ahead.

Curling's potato. You know what I mean?

I mean, do you watch- Base?

No. Horrible. Very boring.

Okay, but Curling isn't? Yeah. Okay. Listen, this is what makes the world go round, okay? You have an opinion. I have an opinion. I'll continue watching ice skating, and you can watch Curling. How does that sound?

I think that sounds really great. And together, we will definitely still watch Lindsay.

Yes, exactly. All right, guys, have a good one, and join the Book Club if you haven't already. Bye-bye.