Prelims. He had to sweat out the last dive of the night
to survive.
And now he is one dive from a gold medal.
I was seven years old,
watching the '96 Games in Atlanta,
and watching the athletes parade in
the opening ceremonies,
and that was the dream and the goal.
From there, it kind of catapulted,
trying to make it become a reality.
That was my singular focus.
I spent seven hours a day at the pool.
That drive that I had was wanting the fame and success
and the riches.
I realized that it doesn't work that way.
My first Olympic Games in Beijing,
the opening ceremony.
Something that I have dreamed of doing.
So here I was, 19 years old,
top athlete, walking next to Lebron James and Kobe Bryant,
into the bird's nest.
I found myself not achieving what I wanted to achieve.
I just fell into a deep, deep depression.
The biggest doubts that I have is like, "Why am I here?"
to the point where it got so bad where
I contemplated suicide.
I never wanted to be the needy kid.
I've always wanted to try to figure out on my own.
The biggest thing was asking for help,
and being vulnerable.
Saying that I was struggling
was obviously the best decision of my life.
Kisses!
That was when I started to live.
I started to be able to see the world around me.
Finding joy in it, not thinking about that gold medal
all the time.
I feel like my drive, it's like purpose.
Thinking about things that I am thankful for,
not worry about what's going on in the future,
or what happened in the past.
I don't think I would want to be in a different position,
because there is a balance of life.
I think that's when I saw my career kind of take off,
when I started to take those baby steps
and value the journey.
David Boudia is 23 years of age, in his second Olympics.
He needs eight and a halves to go ahead of Daley.
David Boudia has won gold!
This has been so amazing.
18,000 people cheering for you.
My family, my fiancée Sonnie,
so much support and I just-- I can't love enough.
Here's your coffee, miss.
Sorry it's late.
The Olympic creed I think encompasses it well, it says
the most important thing in life is not to have won
but to have fought well.
Valuing the journey you are on, the day to day,
instead of,
"This is what I need to accomplish all the time."
It brings you to the point, where like,
"Oh, okay, it's this little thing at the pool
really wasn't a big deal."
Like, relax.
It's gonna be okay.
There's a good chance this little munchkin
is my husband's daughter.
Arms up! Jump!