LINDSEY VONN FOR A CONVERSATION
ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, AND WHAT'S
NEXT.
>> LINDSEY VONN, GOOD MORNING,
IT'S GOOD-TO-SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> WATCHING THIS DOCUMENTARY, IT
WAS LIKE THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU SAW
IT ALL UP THERE ON THE SCREEN
AND --
>> IT WAS CRAZY.
>> JUST SEEING EVERYTHING PUT
TOGETHER?
>> IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL FOR ME, I
MEAN, THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED
IT, I CRIED PRETTY MUCH THE
WHOLE TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL SO RAW, ME
RETIRING AND YOU KNOW, THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND MY
RETIREMENT, YOU KNOW, BLOWING
OUT MY KNEE AGAIN, AND YOU KNOW,
I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW HARD I HAVE
HAD TO WORK TO GET TO WHERE I
AM, AND ESPECIALLY THE LAST SIX
YEARS, I HAVE BEEN INJURED.
I'VE NOT BEEN HEALTHY FOR A
12-MONTH SPAN IN THE LAST SIX
YEARS.
IT'S BEEN A BUMPY RIDE, AND I
THINK THIS TAKES YOU IN DEPTH ON
MY FAMILY LIFE AS WELL, AND JUST
HOW HARD WE HAVE ALL WORKED
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, AND A
FAMILY, AND --
>> IT IS REALLY PERSONAL.
I MEAN, FOR ONE THING ON YOUR
INJURIES, YOU REALLY, YOU DO SEE
HOW MUCH YOU SUFFERED BEHIND THE
SCENES, AND HOW HARD IT WAS FOR
YOU TO FINALLY SAY I CAN'T DO IT
ANYMORE.
>> YEAH, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO
ACCEPT, AND THEN I THINK IT WAS
EVEN HARDER FOR MY TEAM TO
ACCEPT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WEIRD
BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR
COACHES AND YOUR TRAINERS AND
EVERYONE IS THERE SUPPORTING
YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S
YOUR TIME TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE DONE, IT'S YOUR DECISION.
BUT IT'S THEIR CAREERS AS WELL.
>> YOU SAID YOU FELT LIKE YOU'RE
LETTING THEM DOWN.
>> THAT WAS WHAT HURT ME THE
MOST WAS HAVING TO SAY I CAN'T
DO IT ANYMORE FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BREAK THE
WORLD CUP WIN RECORD, AND I
WANTED TO DO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN
AMAZING FINAL SEASON, BUT
NOTHING IN MY FINAL SEASON WENT
THE WAY I HAD HOPED AND YOU
DEFINITELY SEE THAT IN THE DOC,
AND SEE MY EMOTIONS AND THE
STRUGGLE AND JUST THE DECISION
MAKING.
IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH TIME, BUT
IN THE END, I THINK IT WAS A
GREAT RESULT.
YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY THAT WE DID
IT BECAUSE I CAN LOOK BACK AT IT
AND BE REALLY PROUD AND
HOPEFULLY SHOW MY KIDS ONE DAY.
>> AND YOU DO, YOU MENTIONED
YOUR FAMILY.
I MEAN, THIS REALLY GOES, TELLS
YOUR WHOLE STORY, I MEAN, YOUR
UPS AND DOWNS, AND THERE WAS A
PERIOD OF TIME WHEN YOU AND YOUR
DAD WERE NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS,
AND YOU REALLY LET PEOPLE INTO
THAT AND HOW THAT ALL UNFOLDED.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, HONESTLY A LOT
OF THE THINGS THAT MY DAD SAID,
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SPOKEN
ABOUT, AND SO WHEN I HEARD HIS
INTERVIEW, IT WAS, I MEAN, I
CRIED.
YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THINGS TO EACH
OTHER, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY SAY
THEM IN THE SAME WAY AND JUST TO
SEE HIM CRYING WAS SO EMOTIONAL
FOR ME, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT HE
DID IT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE
THE SAME WITHOUT HIM.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS MY COACH AND
HE'S THE REASON WHY I SKIED AND
MY FAMILY SACRIFICED SO MUCH AND
IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME IF THEY
WEREN'T IN IT.
>> SO TALKING ABOUT LIFE AFTER
SKIING, HOW HAVE YOU FELT, THIS
WAY, THIS IS EARLIER THIS YEAR
THAT YOU RETIRED, BUT HAVE YOU
BEEN FINDING IT, STARTING THIS
TIME OF YEAR YOU NORMALLY WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN TRAINING THIS TIME
OF YEAR.
>> IT'S WEIRD TO BE IN THE MONTH
OF NOVEMBER AND NOT BE SKIING.
TO ME WHEN IT STARTS TO GET
COLD, THAT'S WHEN I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE RACING, BUT I'M REALLY
ENJOYING BEING IN NEW JERSEY.
>> YOU'RE ENGAGED.
>> I'M ENGAGED, LIFE WITH P.K.
IS AMAZING, AND I FEEL LIKE WE
HAVE STARTED A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER
OF MY LIFE, AND HOPEFULLY HIS
LIFE TOGETHER, AND WANT TO GET
MARRIED SOON, AND, YOU KNOW,
JUST KIND OF GET THINGS GOING AS
A MARRIED COUPLE.
>> SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE OVER
HERE ONE OF YOUR COSTARS IN THE
DOCUMENTARY, LUCY IS HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY SO
SWEET HI LUCY, SHE GOES
EVERYWHERE WITH YOU, AND I
THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
TOUCHING SCENES IN THE
DOCUMENTARY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
WHY YOU GOT LUCY, AND WHAT SHE'S
MEANT TO YOU.
BECAUSE THERE YOU WERE TRAVELING
ALL OVER WORLD, WHICH CAN BE A
LONELY LIFE.
>> THAT'S WHY I GOT HER IS
BECAUSE I WAS SO LONELY ON THE
ROAD, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE
PROVIDED ME WITH THE LOVE AND
SUPPORT THAT I NEEDED.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME HOME,
AND YOU HAVE HAD A BAD DAY, LUCY
DOESN'T CARE IF I'VE WON OR
LOST, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK
THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS
ABOUT ANIMALS IN GENERAL, AND
WHY I HAVE THREE.
I'M NOT ON THE CRAZY DOG LADY,
BUT I DO NEED THEIR EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT.
>> LUCY, DO YOU LIKE BEING HOME?
>> SHE LIKES BEING IN FRONT OF
THE CAMERA.
>> SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> GET MY CLOSE I UP PLEASE.
>> WE HAVE HER FANCY COLLAR ON
TODAY.
SHE'S READY.
SHE HAS BEEN GREAT, AND YOU
KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST AN
EMOTIONAL RIDE AND I HOPE THAT
PEOPLE ENJOY THE DOCUMENTARY.
I HOPE THAT IT SHOWS A SIDE OF
ME THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE,
AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FOLLOW ME
IN THE JOURNEY THAT'S COMING
NEXT.
>> IT'S REALLY INSPIRING.
YOU ALWAYS ARE.
I ALWAYS SAY, NEVER COUNT OUT
LINDSAY, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE
WHAT YOU'RE UP