A short transcript excerpt from Episode 8 (clip 1) of the "You Must Be Out of Your Mind" podcast, featuring host Dr. Don Wood and a guest. The host reflects on life-changing personal moments (e.g., his son’s wedding and birth) and prompts the guest to describe the pivotal moment of winning an Olympic silver medal; the guest identifies crossing the finish line as the moment.
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We have moments in our life, and these are like little tiny moments, right, where everything changed, right? There's those certain times when I went to my son's wedding, I talked about that. Is that the day. The minute I saw him born was a moment that changed my life. We have those moments. I can imagine the moment for you had to be standing on that podium, right, representing your country, right, Giving. Getting a silver medal. Tell me what that moment was like.
I mean, as soon as I crossed the finish line.
That may have been the moment. I mean, that's when it started.
I mean, there are several moments, but, you know, I crossed the finish line, I was kind of like, what just happened? So being able to stand on the podium and, you know, see myself get the medal, when I saw the, you know, the jumbo screen that they got, it was an amazing experience, you know, because I had a goal to make the Olympics and, you know, get a medal.