A monologue about the loneliness of high achievers like Olympians who sacrifice relationships for trophies. The speaker examines how the pursuit of goals can turn relationships transactional and asks whether the emotional cost is worth it.
Not a single person, when they achieve the thing that they achieve, will ever, ever, ever say that was worth it. None. Zero. I've talked to so many people who decided grades, career, money. I don't need friends. I just need people who can help me achieve my goals. And the result is loneliness. Yes. I mean, look at, you know this as an athlete. Look at Olympians, right? Especially individual sports, individual athletes. Team sports, they don't really, it's not really the same thing. Which is they have a dream when they're fairly young and their dream is to, and you know how they put it, win the Olympics. Nobody wins the Olympics. That's how I'm going to win the Olympics. right? And every relationship they have is, can you help me? Are you going to help me? And individual athletes, tennis players, I mean, they're very similar. Like every relationship they have is, are you going to benefit my dream? And if not, then I have no space for you. And they don't really have friendships. They have transactional relationships, coaches, trainers, trainers, you know, a supportive parent. And some of them will get to the Olympics, and some of them might even medal. And when it's time to retire, what they achieve is loneliness.
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