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>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SIMONE
BILES MAKING A CONSCIOUS
DECISION NOT TO TAKE PART IN
ANY MORE TEAM COMPETITION IN
THE
GYMNASTICS GAMES KINETIC
SUPERSTAR WITHDREW FROM THE
OLYMPICS ALL AROUND COMPETITION
AS SHE FOCUSES ON HER
MENTAL HEALTH. HE POSTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE FELT THE
WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HER
SHOULDERS THAT WAY BECOMING TOO
HEAVY AFTER VAULTING DURING
TEAM FINALS WHEN SHE LOST
HERSELF IN MIDAIR AND COMPLETED
ONE AND A HALF TWISTS, INSTEAD
OF 2 AND A HALF.
>> I WAS PLAYING I JUST FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO TAKE A WORK ON
MINDFULNESS AND I KNEW THAT THE
GIRLS WOULD YOU HAVE AN
ABSOLUTELY GREAT JOB AND I
DIDN’T WANT TO RISK THE MEDAL
FOR KIND OF MY SCRUBS BECAUSE
THEY WORKED WAY TOO HARD FOR
THAT.
>> PUTTING THE
TEAM FIRST JADE CAREY WHO
FINISHED 9TH IN QUALIFYING
REPLACE BILES IN THE
COMPETITION THURSDAY. JOINING
ME ON THE MORNING SHOW TO TALK
ABOUT THE MENTAL STRESS THAT
ATHLETES FACE A PSYCHOLOGIST
DOCTOR MAKE FRANCO WITH SOUTH
GOOD MORNING.
YOU HAVE WORKED WITH
8 COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAMS AND HELP ATHLETES DEAL
WITH PRESSURE. WELL WE CAN’T
TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SIMONE
BILES AND THE PRESSURES
SHE FACES I ASSUME IT’S FAIR TO
SAY THAT THESE ATHLETES FACE
ENORMOUS PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL AND
MENTAL PRESSURE THOUGH THEY
OFTEN MAY NOT SHOW IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY I THINK THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO
DISCUSS IS THAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY, ONE IS FOR ALL
INTENTS AND PURPOSES A GOLD
MEDAL PERFORMANCE IN SELF
ESTEEM BY SIMONE BILES WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT SELF ESTEEM
FOR MANY YOUNG ATHLETES THEIR
SELF-ESTEEM BECAUSE CONTINGENT
ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN ANY
ATHLETIC OR IT’S CALLED THE
CONDITION OF WAR AND AT LEAST A
BIG-TIME TROUBLE. MORE TALENTED
YOU ARE WHEN
YOU’RE YOUNG THE MORE REWARDS
YOU GET FROM BEING SEEN AS A
GREAT ATHLETE. BUT AS YOU
CONTINUE TO EXCEL AND YOU
CONTINUE TO GRADUATE IN TYLER
THE COMPETITION. THE RACIAL
SUCCESS TO FILL YOUR CHANGES
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU
BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE ONLY AS
WORK. YOU’RE WORTH IS ONLY IS
VALUABLE TO YOU AS YOU
LATEST PERFORMANCE, THEN YOU
PICK IT UP AND WE’LL PREPARE
SITUATION YESTERDAY. WHAT WE
SAW WAS A GOLD MEDAL WINNING
PERFORMANCE AND SELF ESTEEM
BY A YOUNG ATHLETE THAT SERVES
AS A TREMENDOUS ROLE MODEL TO
ALL OF US NOT JUST ATHLETES
YEAH, AND IN ADDITION, THERE’S
A LOT OF PRESSURE TO BEAR
DURING THESE OLYMPICS THAT IS
NOT ROUTINE COVID NO FAMILY AND
FRIENDS TO BE THERE FOR SUPPORT
BECAUSE OF COVID DOES THAT ADD
TO THAT STRESS.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAS TO DO WITH
THE FACT THAT ANY COMPETITION
IS
AN EVENT THEY HAVE TO RESPOND
TO THAT THEY WANT OUT EVERY
SINGLE EVENT. IT’S LIKE A
PUZZLE THAT THEY NEED TO SOLVE
AND EACH PUZZLE HAVE LIKE A
MAGNETIC FIELD THAT CAN DRAW
YOU IN THE MAGNETIC FIELD THAT
CAN DRAW SOMEONE LIKE SIMONE IN
IS THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE
EXPECTATIONS WE PLACE
ON YOURSELF EXPECTATIONS THAT
SHE HAS THAT USED TO PLEASE
OTHER PEOPLE. THE COUNTRY THAT
IS STRUGGLING
WITH COVID I WOULD ONCE YOU GET
CAUGHT UP NOW I FEEL SOLVING
THE PUZZLE BECOMES THAT MUCH
MORE DIFFICULT QUESTION
DEMONSTRATED THE SELF-AWARENESS
BECAUSE THE RECOGNIZING SHE WAS
NOT UP TO THIS CHALLENGE.
SHE DIDN’T HAVE COMPASSIONATE
SUPPORT REALLY CARE ABOUT
MYSELF I NEED TO DO WHAT’S
RIGHT FOR ME AND THEN SHE HAD
TO SHOW SOME RESTRAINT
FROM MAKING HER BODY TO
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF
I DIDN’T DO SOMETHING THAT’S
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT GIVEN
HER HISTORY. LET’S LET’S EXPAND
ON THAT A BIT MORE BECAUSE IT
SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO WHAT
SIMONE BILES DID SHE PUBLICLY
SAID, I’M GOING TO BACK DOWN.
DO WHAT’S BEST FOR THE TEAM AND
FOCUS ON MY MENTAL HEALTH THAT
TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE PERHAPS
MORE THAN COMPETING IN THE
GAMES ITSELF AND THAT SENDS A
VERY
POWERFUL MESSAGE. IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE THE WORD
COURAGE ACTUALLY MEANS TO BE
SEEN. SO WHAT SHE DID WAS
EXPOSE OR SO COULD BE SEEN AS A
VERY COURAGEOUS DON’T
WANT IT. AND I’M JUST THINKING
ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS
HAS LITERALLY THAT EVERY LITTLE
GIRL OUT THERE EVERY WOMAN OUT
THERE PROLOGIS PURPOSES,
ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY INVESTMENT
WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY BE HAPPY
AND HEALTHY. SHE DEMONSTRATED
THE QUEUE TO WANT TO BE HAPPY
AND HEALTHY. THERE COMES A
PRICE AND SHE WAS WILLING TO
PAY THAT PRICE.
SO AGAIN WE SAW YESTERDAY WAS A
GOLD MEDAL PERFORMANCE OF SOME
STATE. DARE I SAY THAT FAME IS
OFTEN FLEETING THE MESSAGE THAT
ABSOLUTELY OUT YESTERDAY WILL
BE LONG LASTING
ABSENT IN HEAVY HANGS THE HEAD
THAT WEARS THE CROWN
AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO TAKE
THE CROWN OFF YOUR HEAD OR ELSE
YOU’RE GOING TO END UP HURTING
YOUR NECK.
SO IN THE END WE NEED TO
REMEMBER THIS IS A VERY VERY
DANGEROUS SPORT IN JUST BECAUSE
THEY MAKE IT LOOK EASY DOES NOT
MEAN THAT IT’S NOT A SPORT THAT
IS
INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. I THINK
ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHE
WOULD HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND
THEY’RE NOT HERSELF TO THE DAY
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HER BEING
INJURED, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 4
THE SCORE THAT WOULD COMPETE
FOR HAVE GOT INJURED.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT YOU
KNOW WHAT GIVEN HER EXPERIENCE
SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN NOT TO DO
THAT. SO THESE ARE THE
CHALLENGES THAT THESE ATHLETES
BASE THERE. YOU KNOW THEY’RE
JUST IN A VERY DOUBLE BYE.
I JUST THINK THAT SHE MADE THE
DECISION. BUT AGAIN SPEAKS TO
HIGHS OF STATE SO SHE HAD TO