1 00:00:09,553 --> 00:00:13,474 [music playing] 2 00:00:36,705 --> 00:00:38,916 [Bronte] This is the first time I've ever done 3 00:00:38,999 --> 00:00:41,251 any sort of pre-season stuff by myself. 4 00:00:41,335 --> 00:00:44,880 Normally, I'm with my squad or when I used to do things by myself, 5 00:00:44,963 --> 00:00:46,965 I often had my sister training with me. 6 00:00:47,049 --> 00:00:49,051 So, I never trained by myself. 7 00:00:50,469 --> 00:00:54,139 Not having anyone there the whole time, also, love a chat, 8 00:00:54,223 --> 00:00:57,643 so, after finishing your set and not being able to have a chat, 9 00:00:57,726 --> 00:00:59,436 or just someone there next to you, 10 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,606 or a coach to tell you what to do, it's weird. 11 00:01:02,689 --> 00:01:03,941 [music continues playing] 12 00:01:11,532 --> 00:01:14,284 [Thorpe] There's a camaraderie that exists in swimming, 13 00:01:14,368 --> 00:01:17,454 and you have that from when you're quite young. 14 00:01:17,538 --> 00:01:22,000 The people usually who talk about, uh, swimming as an individual sport 15 00:01:22,084 --> 00:01:24,545 are usually people who haven't swum at that level. 16 00:01:24,628 --> 00:01:29,424 They don't understand what you get from, you know, the people that are around you, 17 00:01:29,508 --> 00:01:34,179 the people that you grow up with that are part of that support team. 18 00:01:34,263 --> 00:01:35,556 [music continues playing] 19 00:01:49,361 --> 00:01:52,823 I would almost choose team success over individual success. 20 00:01:52,906 --> 00:01:57,244 I'm a person that loves team culture and teamwork kinda thing. 21 00:01:57,326 --> 00:01:59,663 Like, I love that team setting. 22 00:01:59,746 --> 00:02:03,333 I love being able to celebrate with the boys, going into the the room 23 00:02:03,417 --> 00:02:06,753 where you get your medal, then you stand on the dais together. 24 00:02:08,881 --> 00:02:11,842 [Cody] I’m big on, "You become who surround yourself with." 25 00:02:11,925 --> 00:02:15,721 Basically, from the beginning, it's been myself, my coach, Brett Hawke 26 00:02:15,804 --> 00:02:20,267 and my training partner and Olympian, Matt Targett. 27 00:02:20,350 --> 00:02:23,770 I was lucky enough to just be thrown in the mix with these two people 28 00:02:23,854 --> 00:02:26,899 that have already mastered what I am attempting to master. 29 00:02:32,738 --> 00:02:34,656 [Bronte] There's nothing better than swimming 30 00:02:34,740 --> 00:02:36,116 next to someone faster than you. 31 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:40,871 I've done it for most of my career, and it's probably the best incentive. 32 00:02:41,496 --> 00:02:45,042 Nobody trains all by themselves with no coach, no support, no nothing, 33 00:02:45,125 --> 00:02:47,753 and then rocks up at the Olympics. It doesn't happen. 34 00:03:11,735 --> 00:03:13,445 [Peter] Let's look at the session, guys. 35 00:03:13,528 --> 00:03:16,907 Starting with three threes. First one's with fins on, freestyle. 36 00:03:16,990 --> 00:03:19,076 Second one, we're going IM, Three ones IM. 37 00:03:19,159 --> 00:03:23,830 Last one of each of those block of four, I want to be quicker than 200 pace. 38 00:03:23,914 --> 00:03:26,041 We wanna finish on our best effort. Hup! 39 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:31,463 I want to use depth right there on that first thing. 40 00:03:31,546 --> 00:03:32,631 [Kyle] My coach is the best. 41 00:03:32,714 --> 00:03:36,009 Like, you know, there's days where he gets it wrong, 42 00:03:37,052 --> 00:03:39,930 and I might not be in the mood for the stuff he's saying, 43 00:03:40,013 --> 00:03:41,807 but majority of the time, 44 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:44,851 he's the greatest coach you could possibly ask for. 45 00:03:45,435 --> 00:03:49,231 [Kyle] What's the go with, um, jabs for athletes who are swimming... 46 00:03:49,314 --> 00:03:51,525 [Peter] They're still looking at doing that, but... 47 00:03:51,608 --> 00:03:55,737 [Kyle] For me, I'm so lucky to have a coach that is a coach, a great coach, 48 00:03:55,821 --> 00:03:56,947 but also a mentor. 49 00:03:57,030 --> 00:04:01,034 He's also a kind of a father figure, he's a friend, he's everything to me. 50 00:04:01,118 --> 00:04:03,453 What do you think's the go with 51 00:04:03,537 --> 00:04:06,456 if you were to put something new into your body 52 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:08,542 five weeks before an Olympic game? 53 00:04:09,167 --> 00:04:12,379 -We'd listen to the professionals. -Get the right note. Yeah. 54 00:04:12,462 --> 00:04:15,507 I would be probably completely lost without Bish. 55 00:04:15,590 --> 00:04:18,884 If I didn't have Bish, I would be, uh, in all sorts, I think. 56 00:04:20,053 --> 00:04:23,265 [Hanson] We've won more medals in swimming than any other sport. 57 00:04:23,348 --> 00:04:27,352 I think the secret of success has been the success 58 00:04:27,436 --> 00:04:31,314 of our coaches who've led the world in technology. 59 00:04:31,398 --> 00:04:34,568 [Sian] See how he's, like, opening that back leg. Better? 60 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:38,989 [Hanson] They'll dissect every stroke, every part and phase of the race. 61 00:04:39,072 --> 00:04:42,701 I'm really liking that back leg extension on the block. That's very good. 62 00:04:43,076 --> 00:04:46,538 [Hanson] There's a lot in that to get that technical, um, stroke right. 63 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,333 Once again, comes down to the coaches and the preparation. 64 00:04:50,417 --> 00:04:54,921 Push off the wall, so, feet on mat, flip over, then into your breakout. 65 00:04:55,422 --> 00:04:57,132 [Peter] Two, one, go! 66 00:04:58,050 --> 00:05:02,846 He is working on how he's transitioning from, like, the fly kick into freestyle. 67 00:05:02,929 --> 00:05:06,641 One of his main things today is reaching with the arm that's not pulling. 68 00:05:06,725 --> 00:05:09,102 That tends to drive you forward and up. 69 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,649 [Kyle] In Rio, I won a gold medal, but I had no kind of technique or skills. 70 00:05:14,733 --> 00:05:18,236 If you're a kid watching swimming, you'd go, "Don't swim like that." 71 00:05:20,697 --> 00:05:22,365 [Sian] How many more turns you got? 72 00:05:22,449 --> 00:05:25,243 Could you give me one more, then we'll go two starts? 73 00:05:25,327 --> 00:05:28,371 I could get to a couple. Just my shoulder's getting tender. 74 00:05:30,207 --> 00:05:32,834 [Kyle] I've been a person that's had injuries, 75 00:05:32,918 --> 00:05:35,837 but I've always seen the light at the end of the tunnel. 76 00:05:35,921 --> 00:05:38,757 The shoulder was one that kinda came on slowly, 77 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:42,344 and then COVID happened and we had a month out of the water. 78 00:05:42,427 --> 00:05:45,889 Came back and went, "I can do what I was doing a month ago." 79 00:05:45,972 --> 00:05:50,268 Then my shoulder just didn't cope with that. 80 00:05:50,351 --> 00:05:53,396 [Sian] Hey, can you show me your reach before you go in? 81 00:05:54,272 --> 00:05:55,816 [Kyle] They took my bursa out. 82 00:05:55,899 --> 00:05:59,653 I had a torn labrum, so they shaved all my labrum, shaved a bit of bone. 83 00:05:59,736 --> 00:06:01,404 I've been rehabbing from there. 84 00:06:01,488 --> 00:06:05,826 I think it's just finding ways to deal with the pain management, really, 85 00:06:05,909 --> 00:06:07,828 and not thinking about it. 86 00:06:07,911 --> 00:06:12,874 I think I need to no longer think about my shoulder and just be able to swim. 87 00:06:12,958 --> 00:06:14,668 I need to be able to swim. 88 00:06:15,502 --> 00:06:17,963 [Peter] The surgeons have all said they're comfortable 89 00:06:18,046 --> 00:06:20,632 that he's not gonna cause any more damage, 90 00:06:20,715 --> 00:06:22,968 but we do have to be mindful that he'll... 91 00:06:23,677 --> 00:06:27,389 He's more likely to go harder and then not tell us until afterwards. 92 00:06:27,472 --> 00:06:30,892 So, it's... It's a challenge. 93 00:06:39,234 --> 00:06:42,654 [Kyle] It's funny, I think if I could go back four years ago, 94 00:06:42,737 --> 00:06:46,408 I would've taken a whole lot more pride in doing the small things 95 00:06:46,491 --> 00:06:49,494 that my physios or coaches would suggest to me. 96 00:06:49,577 --> 00:06:51,538 I always was like, "Yeah, sweet." 97 00:06:51,621 --> 00:06:54,124 [chuckles] I don't need to worry about that all that much 98 00:06:54,207 --> 00:06:59,212 because I'm a 17, 18-year-old kid, um, and my body's great. 99 00:06:59,838 --> 00:07:03,341 And now... Now I realize how important those things are. 100 00:07:03,425 --> 00:07:05,969 My shoulder was really sore in the water, 101 00:07:06,052 --> 00:07:09,556 and I get really frustrated and down about because I'm like, 102 00:07:09,639 --> 00:07:13,143 "I've done everything I possibly can to be right in the pool 103 00:07:13,226 --> 00:07:16,021 "because that's where I need to do the hard work." 104 00:07:16,104 --> 00:07:19,608 My race isn't won on the day at the Olympic Games. 105 00:07:19,691 --> 00:07:22,485 It's won at training day in, day out. 106 00:07:22,569 --> 00:07:26,781 So, my body, at the end of the day, is what makes me my money, really. 107 00:07:26,865 --> 00:07:28,617 Like, it's my moneymaker 108 00:07:28,700 --> 00:07:33,580 and I need to keep it in tip-top shape as much as I possibly can. 109 00:07:34,289 --> 00:07:35,582 [cell phone ringing] 110 00:07:39,169 --> 00:07:42,297 [automated voice] The person you are calling is not available. 111 00:07:42,380 --> 00:07:46,051 Please leave a short message and it will be sent as an audio message. 112 00:07:46,134 --> 00:07:47,844 [Bronte chuckles] I'm not doing that. 113 00:07:49,137 --> 00:07:50,180 "Not available." 114 00:07:50,847 --> 00:07:53,975 Basically, all I wanna do is get one mattress... 115 00:07:54,768 --> 00:07:56,101 um... 116 00:07:56,186 --> 00:08:01,900 from my friend Ellie's house in Sydney, where I've been staying, 117 00:08:02,651 --> 00:08:04,653 to my new place in Brisbane. 118 00:08:05,487 --> 00:08:07,948 I'm trying to get it there by Monday. 119 00:08:08,031 --> 00:08:12,285 If I don't have it there by Monday, um, my sister's got a blow-up mattress, 120 00:08:12,369 --> 00:08:15,956 so I'll just swing by her place and sleep on that for a while. 121 00:08:16,039 --> 00:08:17,707 It's just so much organizing. 122 00:08:17,791 --> 00:08:21,711 It's just really... I didn't think it'd be very tricky, but it's, um... 123 00:08:22,671 --> 00:08:24,339 I wonder if it was to Brisbane. 124 00:08:24,422 --> 00:08:25,340 Um... 125 00:08:25,423 --> 00:08:28,677 It's a little trickier than I thought to move one item. 126 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,887 [operator 1] Removals and storage, Emily speaking. 127 00:08:30,971 --> 00:08:32,639 Hi, Emily, how're you doing? 128 00:08:33,347 --> 00:08:36,351 -Good, thank you. And yourself? -Yeah, well. Thanks. 129 00:08:36,433 --> 00:08:41,022 I'm just trying to get just a single mattress up from Sydney to Brisbane. 130 00:08:41,106 --> 00:08:42,106 Um... 131 00:08:42,190 --> 00:08:44,150 I wanna try to get it there by Monday, 132 00:08:44,234 --> 00:08:46,820 but the only pickup day I could do is tomorrow. 133 00:08:47,654 --> 00:08:50,573 Uh, we wouldn’t be able to do anything until February. 134 00:08:50,657 --> 00:08:51,616 Ah! [chuckles] 135 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,118 Well... 136 00:08:54,619 --> 00:08:56,329 [operator 2] Can't help, I'm sorry. 137 00:08:56,913 --> 00:08:58,873 [operator 3] We're booked out until February. 138 00:08:58,957 --> 00:09:00,292 [operator 4] Booked out next Monday. 139 00:09:00,375 --> 00:09:03,461 [operator 5] It's probably gonna be about $880 to do it. 140 00:09:03,545 --> 00:09:05,880 Yeah, well, that's too much. 141 00:09:07,716 --> 00:09:08,633 That's a lot. 142 00:09:09,217 --> 00:09:11,678 [Bronte] You don't make a lot of decisions as an athlete. 143 00:09:11,761 --> 00:09:15,640 You get told what to do, and when to be where, and... 144 00:09:15,724 --> 00:09:18,101 You make some decisions, but not really. 145 00:09:18,184 --> 00:09:20,312 You get good at following instructions. 146 00:09:20,395 --> 00:09:23,815 What would happen to me if someone took away all the instructions? 147 00:09:23,898 --> 00:09:25,483 How would I be after that? 148 00:09:26,401 --> 00:09:29,446 -I'm way on time. -You're normally early. 149 00:09:29,529 --> 00:09:31,614 You're 15 minutes early for our catch-up 150 00:09:31,698 --> 00:09:33,533 -and you're driving from Sydney. -[chuckles] 151 00:09:33,616 --> 00:09:36,202 Stroke feeling good? How's that been? 152 00:09:36,286 --> 00:09:42,167 Yeah, it's been good. Um, shoulder's been a bit upset getting back into things, 153 00:09:42,250 --> 00:09:45,003 but it should settle down. 154 00:09:45,587 --> 00:09:48,381 -I know I have a problem calling things. -Yeah. 155 00:09:48,465 --> 00:09:52,719 My biggest fear of training by myself is I'm gonna do some damage to myself 156 00:09:52,802 --> 00:09:54,721 because I got a bit carried away. 157 00:09:54,804 --> 00:09:58,099 'Cause Simon, has he been hard on you with sets or no? 158 00:09:58,183 --> 00:10:01,478 -Has he left it up to you? -Oh, Simon's semi on holiday. 159 00:10:01,561 --> 00:10:04,522 He doesn't really wanna give me anything in case... 160 00:10:05,357 --> 00:10:08,526 um, it's not the correct thing for the day. 161 00:10:08,610 --> 00:10:11,071 It's hard when he's not looking at you, right? 162 00:10:11,154 --> 00:10:13,823 He's like, "What happens if you're sore that day or..." 163 00:10:13,907 --> 00:10:16,826 I think he trusts me to not do something. 164 00:10:16,910 --> 00:10:20,914 I should know to just stop, like, or he should trust me to just stop. 165 00:10:20,997 --> 00:10:25,126 It would be incredibly difficult to train in isolation. 166 00:10:25,210 --> 00:10:29,464 Finding the motivation that's required to get the performance out of yourself 167 00:10:29,547 --> 00:10:32,050 when you're so close to an Olympic Games. 168 00:10:32,133 --> 00:10:37,347 For me, the key thing now is just, um, you know, what are your focus points? 169 00:10:37,430 --> 00:10:40,934 Yeah, I just need to get out and get up to Brisbane 170 00:10:41,017 --> 00:10:44,104 and start actually cracking into it. 171 00:10:44,187 --> 00:10:48,316 It was funny. Up until Christmas, I was like, "Everything's fine," 172 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,735 and as soon as the New Year rolled around, 173 00:10:50,819 --> 00:10:53,113 I was like, "It's the Olympic year now." 174 00:10:53,196 --> 00:10:57,242 Within a day, I was like, "I wanna be in Brisbane immediately." [chuckles] 175 00:10:57,325 --> 00:11:01,037 Just having everyone together again, I think it's gonna be good. 176 00:11:01,121 --> 00:11:02,080 It'll be great. 177 00:11:02,163 --> 00:11:04,457 I'm glad I got to see you on the way through. 178 00:11:04,541 --> 00:11:06,793 We haven't had a chance to talk 179 00:11:06,876 --> 00:11:09,087 since you knew I was moving, 180 00:11:09,170 --> 00:11:12,841 and then I'm pretty much just glad to see anyone right now. 181 00:11:20,557 --> 00:11:24,769 [Cody] I was very aware that the majority of people would probably say, 182 00:11:24,853 --> 00:11:26,187 "He's crazy. 183 00:11:26,271 --> 00:11:31,443 "This big-headed musician that thinks, for some reason, 184 00:11:31,526 --> 00:11:34,946 "that he can also make an Olympic team." 185 00:11:36,281 --> 00:11:39,951 My mom and dad, both, were competitive swimmers, 186 00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:42,871 both represented Australia a number of times. 187 00:11:42,954 --> 00:11:46,916 And based on both my parents' pasts, 188 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,628 I just grew up around swimmers and swimming, 189 00:11:50,712 --> 00:11:55,633 and it's the first thing I ever knew, the first thing that I ever loved. 190 00:12:07,353 --> 00:12:10,648 This is all the stuff we shipped back from the States. 191 00:12:10,732 --> 00:12:13,735 It's just box after box of merchandise. 192 00:12:13,818 --> 00:12:16,404 I have a Blown-up Cody. 193 00:12:18,573 --> 00:12:21,659 Cody doll, so all the stuff with the licensing of the label 194 00:12:21,743 --> 00:12:23,578 when he released all his music. 195 00:12:24,370 --> 00:12:26,331 I think I kept one of everything. 196 00:12:26,414 --> 00:12:28,082 So, we've got stuffed bears. 197 00:12:28,166 --> 00:12:29,334 Whoo! 198 00:12:29,417 --> 00:12:31,085 Handbags, lunchboxes. 199 00:12:31,169 --> 00:12:34,255 You name it, they made it at the time. It was insane. 200 00:12:34,339 --> 00:12:37,300 Then we've got life-size cutouts. I don't know why. 201 00:12:37,383 --> 00:12:39,010 We've had fun with that. 202 00:12:39,093 --> 00:12:43,139 We'd put them up at family barbecues or Christmases if he's still away. 203 00:12:43,223 --> 00:12:45,058 At least he's still there with us. 204 00:12:45,141 --> 00:12:49,229 These are all our old swimming clippings of when Brad and I swam. 205 00:12:50,230 --> 00:12:51,064 Oh, gosh. 206 00:12:51,689 --> 00:12:56,069 I haven't seen this one. That was my Australian swimming team back in 1987. 207 00:12:56,152 --> 00:12:57,529 Pan-Pacific Games. 208 00:12:57,612 --> 00:13:01,574 And it's funny, um, my little ponytail on the side. 209 00:13:01,658 --> 00:13:03,618 That was a thing back then, you know. 210 00:13:04,285 --> 00:13:05,578 So it was very cute. 211 00:13:07,622 --> 00:13:12,460 These are all my Australian and state medals in here, which... 212 00:13:13,294 --> 00:13:15,088 This is probably my favorite, 213 00:13:15,171 --> 00:13:19,300 when I won Australian, um, titles in Perth for breaststroke. 214 00:13:19,884 --> 00:13:22,720 Coolest stroke, guys, by the way. [chuckles] 215 00:13:23,471 --> 00:13:24,472 What's butterfly? 216 00:13:25,598 --> 00:13:29,644 He gives me a hard time, that breaststroke is not the coolest stroke. 217 00:13:29,727 --> 00:13:32,814 It's emotional looking back at that sort of stuff. 218 00:13:32,897 --> 00:13:37,068 And now Cody getting back into it brings the excitement back out again. 219 00:13:37,151 --> 00:13:39,946 I could never connect with him with the music. 220 00:13:40,029 --> 00:13:42,991 I could just dance a little bit, but I had no ability. 221 00:13:43,074 --> 00:13:45,076 But now I can give him feedback. 222 00:13:45,159 --> 00:13:48,288 I feel like I'm contributing something, which is good. 223 00:13:48,371 --> 00:13:53,001 I thought, "Why would you get back in and look at a black line?" 224 00:13:53,083 --> 00:13:54,961 It's such a solitude sport. 225 00:13:55,044 --> 00:13:58,548 When you've traveled the world, sang in front of 60,000 people, 226 00:13:58,631 --> 00:14:00,842 why would you wanna go back and swim? 227 00:14:00,925 --> 00:14:03,511 I was discouraging him to do it, politely... 228 00:14:03,595 --> 00:14:07,807 And he was getting mad at me 'cause I'm like, "It's a tough gig." 229 00:14:07,890 --> 00:14:11,686 He's like, "You don't understand. It's a burning desire I need to do," 230 00:14:11,769 --> 00:14:12,854 So, he convinced me. 231 00:14:12,937 --> 00:14:14,439 You've won in my eyes. 232 00:14:14,522 --> 00:14:17,233 Whatever you do on top of that is a bonus for you. 233 00:14:18,359 --> 00:14:21,571 This was the artwork from his Free album. 234 00:14:21,654 --> 00:14:25,491 Um, so he had this done up for me, and I got it framed. 235 00:14:25,575 --> 00:14:30,121 So, it's all the artistic pages of the full CD, 236 00:14:30,204 --> 00:14:31,831 which was pretty cool. 237 00:14:32,749 --> 00:14:35,627 With all the songs and the breakdown, which is cool. 238 00:14:35,710 --> 00:14:39,297 This is him with John Mayer. He was a bit of an idol to him. 239 00:14:39,380 --> 00:14:41,382 So, he often sent his songs to John 240 00:14:41,466 --> 00:14:45,637 and he'd email and give him advice on stuff, which was really nice. 241 00:14:46,429 --> 00:14:49,974 And then, on top of that, I brought home... Which is funny. 242 00:14:50,058 --> 00:14:53,186 It looks like a little decorative art piece, 243 00:14:54,354 --> 00:14:57,190 but it actually is... 244 00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:02,278 Cody's Hall of Fame. [chuckles] 245 00:15:02,362 --> 00:15:05,740 Swimming Hall of Fame, which I never thought he'd swim again, 246 00:15:05,823 --> 00:15:08,326 but, gosh, this is crazy. 247 00:15:08,409 --> 00:15:13,831 Funny enough, these are the suits that Grant Hackett sent to him 248 00:15:13,915 --> 00:15:16,042 for inspiration back in the day. 249 00:15:16,709 --> 00:15:21,923 And these are all just medals after medals of what he did back then, and that... 250 00:15:22,006 --> 00:15:24,342 God, I just realized there are so many. 251 00:15:24,425 --> 00:15:28,846 These maroon and white ones are all state medals, which were crazy. 252 00:15:28,930 --> 00:15:32,517 That's a little box I keep for whenever he wants to come home 253 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,978 and check it out, give to his kids one day. 254 00:15:40,358 --> 00:15:42,985 [Hanson] It's gonna be tough for Cody. No doubt about that. 255 00:15:43,069 --> 00:15:47,073 Sure, he was a swimmer as a youngster, but he gave it away and came back. 256 00:15:47,156 --> 00:15:48,324 That's a tough ask. 257 00:15:48,908 --> 00:15:51,077 Cody has to drop time 258 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,832 if he's got any chance of making the final at the trials, 259 00:15:55,915 --> 00:15:59,085 let alone dropping more time to go top two. 260 00:15:59,168 --> 00:16:02,255 He's got a good team behind him. That's what it's all about, 261 00:16:02,338 --> 00:16:05,466 to nail that coach-athlete relationship. 262 00:16:06,551 --> 00:16:08,344 Should be flowing, okay? 263 00:16:08,469 --> 00:16:10,930 It shouldn't be an up and down kick. 264 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:13,433 Should just be a flowing kick. 265 00:16:14,851 --> 00:16:19,063 If someone's telling me to do something, I always wanna do the opposite. 266 00:16:19,147 --> 00:16:23,860 It was challenging in the beginning to redial in some of that discipline. 267 00:16:23,943 --> 00:16:27,405 You have to, like, re-learn how to listen to somebody else. 268 00:16:27,905 --> 00:16:29,282 Before I started training, 269 00:16:29,365 --> 00:16:32,452 I'd go to sleep at 4:00 a.m., not get up at 4:00 a.m. 270 00:16:33,286 --> 00:16:35,955 [Brett] I'm not happy with your recovery right now. 271 00:16:36,038 --> 00:16:38,958 You're just too slow from here to here. 272 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:42,211 You're just taking your time on it. It's like... [whistles] 273 00:16:42,295 --> 00:16:44,338 All right, when you exit, 274 00:16:44,422 --> 00:16:48,092 I want speed in the hands straight back onto the catch. 275 00:16:48,176 --> 00:16:53,431 When everything I've ever done, I've noticed, like, a really similar law 276 00:16:53,514 --> 00:16:58,269 to the timespan of work without reward, 277 00:16:58,352 --> 00:17:02,356 and then this quick burst of flourishing or blossoming. 278 00:17:02,857 --> 00:17:06,486 [Brett] The best sprinters in the world aren't thinking arms and legs. 279 00:17:06,569 --> 00:17:10,489 They're thinking core and then power generated from the core. 280 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:15,745 It's about having the patience to persevere through that slow-growth stage, 281 00:17:15,828 --> 00:17:17,497 no matter how long it may feel. 282 00:17:17,580 --> 00:17:20,583 And at times, it can feel too long to get through. 283 00:17:20,666 --> 00:17:23,084 You go through these months of just 284 00:17:23,169 --> 00:17:27,298 structured, scientific, technical blah, blah, blah. 285 00:17:27,381 --> 00:17:30,468 So that you can do all that without thinking. 286 00:17:31,719 --> 00:17:34,305 I think I just figured that out. Yeah. 287 00:17:34,388 --> 00:17:36,974 How to use my core and my dolphin kick, too. 288 00:17:37,058 --> 00:17:40,228 What that does is it sets up the rest of the race 289 00:17:40,311 --> 00:17:42,063 to be flowing and smooth, too. 290 00:17:42,146 --> 00:17:44,357 -You know, without any effort. -Yes. 291 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,399 [chuckles] 292 00:17:53,407 --> 00:17:56,077 [Thorpe] We're heading into Sunrise, 293 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,663 morning television, to talk about Laps for Life. 294 00:17:58,746 --> 00:18:01,791 With a mental health organization called ReachOut, 295 00:18:01,874 --> 00:18:05,461 uh, which I am the patron for and also a board member for. 296 00:18:08,005 --> 00:18:09,924 When I was winning those medals, 297 00:18:10,007 --> 00:18:14,512 of course, I experienced the euphoria that comes with those moments. 298 00:18:14,595 --> 00:18:17,473 You know, I never thought I could be happy again. 299 00:18:17,557 --> 00:18:21,727 Uh, I thought I should kind of limit myself or my aspirations 300 00:18:21,811 --> 00:18:23,980 to just kind of being content. 301 00:18:25,022 --> 00:18:26,232 -[woman] Hi. -Morning. 302 00:18:26,315 --> 00:18:29,110 -[woman] How are you? -I'm well. How are you? 303 00:18:29,735 --> 00:18:33,739 Welcome back. Ian Thorpe is of course one of our greatest Olympians. 304 00:18:33,823 --> 00:18:38,202 A five-time gold medalist who seemed invincible in that water, didn't he? 305 00:18:38,286 --> 00:18:41,289 But life beyond the pool was a very different story. 306 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:44,458 [Thorpe] You know, I live a fantastic life, um, 307 00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:47,336 and I feel a sense of guilt around what I have 308 00:18:47,420 --> 00:18:50,464 and I should be more appreciative of what I have. 309 00:18:50,548 --> 00:18:51,799 Yet I feel down. 310 00:18:52,592 --> 00:18:57,805 I feel like I'm, you know... I feel that I shouldn't feel this way. 311 00:18:58,639 --> 00:19:03,019 And then that just, you know, continues the cycle and exaggerates it. 312 00:19:03,394 --> 00:19:06,814 Laps for Life is about doing laps in a pool or at the beach 313 00:19:06,898 --> 00:19:08,232 or just going for a swim. 314 00:19:08,316 --> 00:19:12,069 You go out there and you basically beg and borrow, 315 00:19:12,153 --> 00:19:15,239 I shouldn't say steal, from your family and friends, 316 00:19:15,323 --> 00:19:17,158 to actually sponsor you to do that. 317 00:19:17,241 --> 00:19:19,410 All of that money goes into ReachOut 318 00:19:19,493 --> 00:19:23,998 so that we can continue the critical services that we do for young people. 319 00:19:24,081 --> 00:19:26,292 You don't have to be an Olympic swimmer. 320 00:19:26,375 --> 00:19:28,044 You just need to get in the pool. 321 00:19:28,127 --> 00:19:31,088 It's even better if you can do it with one of your friends. 322 00:19:31,172 --> 00:19:33,674 We also know the benefits of being able to do it 323 00:19:33,758 --> 00:19:36,636 and exercise for your mental health as well. 324 00:19:36,719 --> 00:19:40,389 Yeah. What a great thing to be fronting. Good on you for doing this. 325 00:19:40,473 --> 00:19:42,141 -Thanks for joining us. -Pleasure. 326 00:19:42,224 --> 00:19:44,226 -Thanks, guys. Nice to see you. -Thanks. 327 00:19:44,310 --> 00:19:48,064 [Thorpe] We know there's a significantly higher number of people in elite sport 328 00:19:48,147 --> 00:19:50,566 that actually have a mental health issue. 329 00:19:50,650 --> 00:19:53,194 We don't know if it's sport that attracts them 330 00:19:53,277 --> 00:19:55,112 because they feel better about it 331 00:19:55,196 --> 00:19:59,200 or because of some of the pressures are associated with elite performance. 332 00:20:01,035 --> 00:20:05,122 My worst period was straight after I stopped swimming the first time. 333 00:20:05,206 --> 00:20:07,249 That's as bad as I've been. 334 00:20:08,042 --> 00:20:10,419 It was dark. It's as dark as it gets. 335 00:20:11,087 --> 00:20:15,549 I, you know, really set myself up that I was invincible. 336 00:20:15,633 --> 00:20:20,638 And I would have preferred if I'd relied on my teammates a whole lot more. 337 00:20:20,721 --> 00:20:25,685 And I know that there are a number of people that would've been there, 338 00:20:25,768 --> 00:20:27,687 but I didn't ask for that support. 339 00:20:28,688 --> 00:20:32,525 You have something that is so consuming all of your life, 340 00:20:33,526 --> 00:20:36,237 and then, all of a sudden, it isn't there. 341 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,699 And you receive adulation from it. 342 00:20:39,782 --> 00:20:43,327 Um, you have success, so the endorphins that come with it, 343 00:20:43,911 --> 00:20:48,916 being part of a group, a squad that's familiar, that's there for you as well, 344 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,627 and then adjusting to a new life. 345 00:20:52,878 --> 00:20:57,174 You know, that's difficult for anyone, um, to go through that. 346 00:20:57,258 --> 00:21:01,887 If you understand that a bit better before you transition away from your sport, 347 00:21:01,971 --> 00:21:04,515 you're better prepared to be able to deal with it. 348 00:21:08,769 --> 00:21:11,522 [Kyle] It's really important to have things that distract you, 349 00:21:11,605 --> 00:21:13,357 so you're able to switch off. 350 00:21:13,441 --> 00:21:15,901 Otherwise, you burn yourself out really quickly. 351 00:21:15,985 --> 00:21:20,281 Gonna go get some rodents pulled out, otherwise I'll miss it for the day. 352 00:21:21,574 --> 00:21:25,786 Excuse the smell. It's not great in here today, but I can't really smell it. 353 00:21:30,249 --> 00:21:32,793 Probably 2015 I got my first blue-tongue. 354 00:21:32,877 --> 00:21:37,798 Then, when I got back from the Olympics, um, earned a bit of money, not heaps, 355 00:21:37,882 --> 00:21:39,842 but I bought 30 blue-tongues. 356 00:21:40,801 --> 00:21:43,179 That was me being, kinda go all in. 357 00:21:43,262 --> 00:21:45,598 Months later, I was like, "This is too hard." 358 00:21:45,681 --> 00:21:47,391 Sold everything again. 359 00:21:47,475 --> 00:21:52,271 Then I realized that having the reptiles wasn't just about feeding and cleaning. 360 00:21:52,855 --> 00:21:55,983 Growing up in Port Lincoln, I always had reptiles as pets. 361 00:21:56,067 --> 00:22:00,112 Me and my grandpa used to go catching reptiles all the time together. 362 00:22:00,196 --> 00:22:01,655 Some of my fondest memories, 363 00:22:01,739 --> 00:22:05,409 going out into his backyard, lifting rocks, catching this and that. 364 00:22:05,493 --> 00:22:10,998 We sacrifice so much to be a swimmer. We train six days a week. 365 00:22:11,082 --> 00:22:14,418 Up to 50 hours a week's involved with swimming, 50 weeks a year. 366 00:22:14,502 --> 00:22:16,003 We're lucky to get two weeks. 367 00:22:16,087 --> 00:22:19,006 If your mind's constantly focused on swimming, 368 00:22:19,090 --> 00:22:23,385 if you don't have those things to go to during the day to take your mind away, 369 00:22:23,469 --> 00:22:26,806 you're just constantly swimming, thinking about swimming. 370 00:22:27,973 --> 00:22:30,601 Expensive mice. 2.95 for an adult mouse. 371 00:22:31,393 --> 00:22:35,940 As a swimmer, it's hard because we train so hard in the mornings and at night. 372 00:22:36,023 --> 00:22:40,444 There's minimal time during the day to kinda work a job or study. 373 00:22:40,528 --> 00:22:42,905 If you don't have anything, you just come home, 374 00:22:42,988 --> 00:22:45,407 think about swimming, go back to the pool 375 00:22:45,491 --> 00:22:47,952 and you can't take your mind or focus off of it. 376 00:22:48,035 --> 00:22:52,832 For me, I realized that reptiles was a way of distracting myself from the pool 377 00:22:52,915 --> 00:22:55,709 and almost an identity away from the pool as well. 378 00:22:55,793 --> 00:22:58,254 Like, I'm able to be KC Critters. 379 00:22:58,337 --> 00:23:02,007 Uh, people know me as KC Critters and not Kyle Chalmers. 380 00:23:02,091 --> 00:23:05,136 I've made a whole lot of friends across Australia. 381 00:23:05,219 --> 00:23:08,139 It's a distraction for me. It gets me really excited. 382 00:23:08,806 --> 00:23:11,225 [chirping] 383 00:23:11,308 --> 00:23:15,437 It's not nearly as fun as I thought it was gonna be having a crocodile. 384 00:23:15,521 --> 00:23:17,314 It tries to bite every time. 385 00:23:17,398 --> 00:23:20,067 It's got sharp teeth. Don't know if you can see 'em. 386 00:23:20,151 --> 00:23:23,362 But it cuts you open pretty bad if you... And they rip. 387 00:23:23,445 --> 00:23:26,157 So, I don't overly like being bitten by him, 388 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,742 but occasionally you can't really help it. 389 00:23:32,037 --> 00:23:34,165 Everyone likes to see the crocodile. 390 00:23:34,248 --> 00:23:37,459 I'm probably the only person in Glenelg with a crocodile. 391 00:23:37,543 --> 00:23:39,295 A pretty good title to have. 392 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:40,921 This one's angry. 393 00:23:41,005 --> 00:23:42,798 Wherever I go in the world, 394 00:23:42,882 --> 00:23:47,386 there's always gonna be people I know in the reptile hobby that I can go see. 395 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:52,349 I'll make sure that on my day offs, I go to a zoo, or a reptile shop, 396 00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:57,021 or seeing someone's private collection which takes me back to home. 397 00:23:57,104 --> 00:23:59,648 That's been very important over the last four years 398 00:23:59,732 --> 00:24:01,984 and it's giving me that identity away. 399 00:24:07,448 --> 00:24:09,867 [chuckles] You reckon that's enough pieces of cheese there? 400 00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:13,746 -Yeah, man, what do you think? Jeez. -[laughs] 401 00:24:13,829 --> 00:24:15,372 Hey! Here he is. 402 00:24:16,207 --> 00:24:18,709 -What's going on? -It's all happening in here. 403 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:21,503 -What's going on? Good to see you. -How are ya? 404 00:24:21,587 --> 00:24:23,214 Good to see you. 405 00:24:23,297 --> 00:24:24,423 -How are you? -Good. 406 00:24:24,506 --> 00:24:26,759 [Kyle] I've really tried to form a group of friends 407 00:24:26,842 --> 00:24:29,094 that don't care about my success at all. 408 00:24:29,178 --> 00:24:32,181 [friend] Like, are you heading to Tokyo in March? 409 00:24:32,264 --> 00:24:34,016 -Nah, it's not till July. -July. 410 00:24:34,099 --> 00:24:36,435 -June, actually, sorry. -Yeah. 411 00:24:36,518 --> 00:24:39,939 [Kyle] Lots of my best mates or people that I spend my time with 412 00:24:40,022 --> 00:24:43,067 have no idea about me as a swimmer, and they never ask. 413 00:24:43,150 --> 00:24:46,987 I would come first, they don't care, could come last, they don't care. 414 00:24:47,071 --> 00:24:48,864 They just know me as me. 415 00:24:50,866 --> 00:24:53,535 That's something that's been really important, 416 00:24:53,619 --> 00:24:56,622 is finding those real friends and not those fake friends. 417 00:24:56,705 --> 00:24:59,625 Lots of people wanna jump on you as a winner, 418 00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:03,337 then they jump off of you just as quickly when you're a loser. 419 00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:06,924 -You only want one burger? -You got any tongs, anyone? 420 00:25:07,007 --> 00:25:08,175 Go halves, mate. 421 00:25:08,259 --> 00:25:10,511 Yeah. Grab a couple. What do you want? 422 00:25:10,594 --> 00:25:16,350 I know people that I went to school with or people I've grown up with hate me. 423 00:25:16,892 --> 00:25:20,396 But it's not because of who I am or that I'm a cocky person. 424 00:25:20,479 --> 00:25:23,065 I think I've struggled with that a lot as well. 425 00:25:23,148 --> 00:25:26,068 People hate me just because I've been successful 426 00:25:26,151 --> 00:25:28,529 and they're so envious and jealous of that. 427 00:25:28,612 --> 00:25:30,489 Initially, I couldn't understand it. 428 00:25:32,157 --> 00:25:35,536 You could have 1,000 positive comments on what you've achieved 429 00:25:35,619 --> 00:25:39,748 and you get that one negative comment, you focus your energy into that. 430 00:25:39,832 --> 00:25:43,669 You go, "What have I done?" You wanna message them, "Why?" 431 00:25:43,752 --> 00:25:46,171 It's 'cause you want people to like you. 432 00:25:46,255 --> 00:25:49,925 At the end of the day, you've just gotta be happy in yourself. 433 00:25:50,009 --> 00:25:52,177 I can't eat this shit, man. 434 00:25:52,261 --> 00:25:57,391 [Kyle] I surround myself with people that make me laugh or I can laugh at, 435 00:25:57,474 --> 00:25:59,435 and we can have this great time. 436 00:25:59,518 --> 00:26:02,396 If they make me happy, I wanna spend my time with them. 437 00:26:03,647 --> 00:26:05,441 [man] All right, everyone, thank you very much 438 00:26:05,524 --> 00:26:07,943 -for watching and see you next time. -[laughter] 439 00:26:19,705 --> 00:26:23,417 [Bronte] I've been doing the same thing for 10 years since I was 17. 440 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,420 It's like Groundhog Day. My life is Groundhog Day. 441 00:26:32,676 --> 00:26:37,222 I do still love it, but just that bit of, it is going to come to an end, 442 00:26:37,306 --> 00:26:39,808 and that end is not 10 years away. 443 00:26:39,892 --> 00:26:41,685 That end is within five years. 444 00:26:41,769 --> 00:26:45,856 So, like, now's your chance to, sort of, leave your mark a little bit. 445 00:26:52,946 --> 00:26:54,948 [consultant] Bronte, how many people are we expecting? 446 00:26:55,032 --> 00:26:56,700 The whole crew or anyone else? 447 00:26:56,784 --> 00:26:58,535 This should be all of us. 448 00:26:58,619 --> 00:26:59,912 Nice. Brilliant. 449 00:26:59,995 --> 00:27:02,831 [Bronte] ASA is Australian Swimmers' Association. 450 00:27:02,915 --> 00:27:04,333 I'm the president of it, 451 00:27:04,416 --> 00:27:07,669 then there's the executive, which is another six members. 452 00:27:07,753 --> 00:27:11,507 I really wanna leave the sport better than when I found it. 453 00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:15,094 I can't just sit back and let the sport keep rolling on. 454 00:27:15,177 --> 00:27:17,513 For change, I've gotta be a part of it. 455 00:27:17,596 --> 00:27:23,060 Where do you see it right now in challenges and opportunities, 456 00:27:23,143 --> 00:27:27,648 and then where do you see the future, say, two or three years down the track? 457 00:27:27,731 --> 00:27:33,112 I see the ASA as having a dual function of representing the current athletes, 458 00:27:33,195 --> 00:27:37,157 but then it's really gotta have that tie into the alumni 459 00:27:37,241 --> 00:27:39,243 that we've got in the past as well. 460 00:27:39,326 --> 00:27:41,829 We've got amazing swimmers in this country. 461 00:27:41,954 --> 00:27:43,956 They're incredible. They're so good. 462 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:48,419 They finish the sport, get cut adrift and they're out there in the world, 463 00:27:48,502 --> 00:27:51,630 still doing amazing things because they're incredible people. 464 00:27:51,713 --> 00:27:53,882 And cut off from this next generation. 465 00:27:53,966 --> 00:27:56,176 Everything they went through, we go through. 466 00:27:56,260 --> 00:28:00,806 They could teach so many lessons to the current swimmers inside of the pool, 467 00:28:00,889 --> 00:28:02,641 and outside of the pool, too. 468 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:05,102 [board member] I cannot remember when I actually quit. 469 00:28:05,185 --> 00:28:09,815 Because when I quit, I didn't tell anybody 'cause I just wanted to leave the sport. 470 00:28:09,898 --> 00:28:11,692 What eased my exit out of the sport 471 00:28:11,775 --> 00:28:14,695 was connecting with people who had also recently retired. 472 00:28:14,778 --> 00:28:18,073 I knew Alice Tait had retired at the trials. 473 00:28:18,574 --> 00:28:20,659 I texted her and went for a coffee, 474 00:28:20,742 --> 00:28:24,455 and bonded over how hard it was to find work afterwards, 475 00:28:24,538 --> 00:28:28,709 and so, she helped me get back in touch with the ASA. 476 00:28:28,792 --> 00:28:33,422 The big holistic vision is just to create a better swimmer experience. 477 00:28:33,505 --> 00:28:36,884 My dream is that when people step into the Dolphins teams, 478 00:28:36,967 --> 00:28:41,138 that they step into this place where they feel like they belong to that, 479 00:28:41,221 --> 00:28:44,183 and they've got their people and their crowd around them. 480 00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:46,435 [board member] As someone as part of that community, 481 00:28:46,518 --> 00:28:50,397 regardless of their performance on a team or not. 482 00:28:50,481 --> 00:28:53,525 [Jacob] That will be meaningful because then they might also catch 483 00:28:53,609 --> 00:28:57,154 those things we all don't wanna have happen, but do have happened, 484 00:28:57,237 --> 00:28:59,990 which is that someone who's really struggling. 485 00:29:00,991 --> 00:29:02,784 [Bronte] It's interesting to learn 486 00:29:02,868 --> 00:29:06,580 that really small things sometimes make huge differences. 487 00:29:06,663 --> 00:29:11,710 In 2016, after the 100 freestyle, when I came fourth, um, 488 00:29:12,377 --> 00:29:15,214 we were racing from like 10:00 p.m. until midnight. 489 00:29:15,297 --> 00:29:16,632 So, it's late now. 490 00:29:16,715 --> 00:29:19,885 And we go back to the dining hall of blah, blah. 491 00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:23,430 It's 2:00 a.m. by this point, everyone should be asleep. 492 00:29:24,139 --> 00:29:26,183 [chuckles] We should've been asleep. 493 00:29:26,266 --> 00:29:29,394 But, like, half the team who had finished racing, 494 00:29:29,478 --> 00:29:34,024 they stayed up, stayed back, waited for me in the dining hall, 495 00:29:34,107 --> 00:29:36,109 so I didn't have to eat by myself. 496 00:29:53,252 --> 00:29:55,337 [Bronte] We're very much taught that, 497 00:29:55,420 --> 00:29:59,508 um, your worth lies in your performance. 498 00:29:59,591 --> 00:30:02,177 That's something that gets drilled into you. 499 00:30:02,261 --> 00:30:06,265 When you do well, everyone's all over you and there for you all the time. 500 00:30:06,348 --> 00:30:11,812 But, yeah, it's nice to have not have the performance that people wanted for you 501 00:30:11,895 --> 00:30:14,690 and that there's still... There's so many of them there. 502 00:30:14,773 --> 00:30:18,235 Like, you don't expect that, or I didn't expect it. Um... 503 00:30:20,737 --> 00:30:24,491 It shouldn't make me emotional at all, but it was just nice. 504 00:30:26,368 --> 00:30:29,538 [Jacob] And it applies to the association's drive of well-being. 505 00:30:29,621 --> 00:30:34,209 A part of wellbeing is past, present and potentially future athletes. 506 00:30:34,293 --> 00:30:35,669 Swimmers, in your case. 507 00:30:35,752 --> 00:30:38,922 It goes through the PA, and we care about them as people first. 508 00:30:39,006 --> 00:30:41,967 That's where you can look into another opportunity. 509 00:30:42,050 --> 00:30:47,723 Your mentorship is part of a broader wellbeing program for all swimmers maybe. 510 00:30:48,390 --> 00:30:51,602 I used to put a lot of energy into being a really good swimmer. 511 00:30:51,685 --> 00:30:54,354 Now I put the energy into being a really good person. 512 00:30:54,438 --> 00:30:57,858 Hopefully I can be a good person-swimmer at the end. [chuckles] 513 00:30:57,941 --> 00:30:59,735 Cheers, Jacob. Thanks so much. 514 00:30:59,818 --> 00:31:02,613 -[Jacob] Thank you so much. Bye. -[board member] Thank you. Bye-bye. 515 00:31:16,418 --> 00:31:18,086 [rain pattering] 516 00:31:20,547 --> 00:31:22,215 [thunder rumbling] 517 00:31:26,303 --> 00:31:27,554 It's the right size. 518 00:31:27,638 --> 00:31:29,348 It's a little loose there. 519 00:31:29,431 --> 00:31:31,099 That doesn't look too tight. 520 00:31:31,183 --> 00:31:32,976 Make sure it's... 521 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:36,021 That was so much energy to get there with my quads. 522 00:31:36,104 --> 00:31:39,524 That's why we go through this process. It is so much energy. 523 00:31:39,608 --> 00:31:44,363 [Brett] Each week culminates in us doing some racing preparation, 524 00:31:44,446 --> 00:31:49,117 and that was the plan the whole week, is getting him ready to race Saturday. 525 00:31:49,201 --> 00:31:52,788 And, you know, put some suits on, go through the whole race prep 526 00:31:52,871 --> 00:31:56,041 and get some racing in off the blocks. 527 00:31:56,124 --> 00:31:59,169 Took 10 minutes to get it from there to there. 528 00:31:59,252 --> 00:32:01,338 It doesn't look the size it is. 529 00:32:02,673 --> 00:32:07,177 Today, we get to the pool, it's like, "We've got an hour before the storm hits. 530 00:32:07,260 --> 00:32:08,929 "It's gonna hit at 10:00. 531 00:32:09,012 --> 00:32:11,431 "I need you on the block at 9:50." 532 00:32:11,515 --> 00:32:15,686 At 10:02, they started to get on the block 533 00:32:15,769 --> 00:32:18,730 and the lightning sound goes off, and that's it. 534 00:32:18,814 --> 00:32:20,232 It kicks us out of the pool. 535 00:32:20,315 --> 00:32:21,817 So, they're running late. 536 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,695 We missed the chance to get off the blocks today. 537 00:32:24,778 --> 00:32:27,239 And we had to sit there through a storm. 538 00:32:27,322 --> 00:32:28,657 This is what happens. 539 00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:32,536 Sometimes we... think we're about to go fast 540 00:32:32,619 --> 00:32:35,247 and then we're told to sit and wait. 541 00:32:35,330 --> 00:32:37,791 Mother Nature is boss in this case. 542 00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:39,751 [thunder rumbling] 543 00:32:39,835 --> 00:32:43,505 [Brett] No. That just hit again. That's 30 minutes every time it hits. 544 00:32:43,588 --> 00:32:45,048 We ain't going anywhere. 545 00:32:45,674 --> 00:32:47,676 [Cody] All right. We're out. 546 00:32:47,759 --> 00:32:49,428 [Brett] Damn, I wanted to race. 547 00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:52,055 Everything was set. 548 00:32:52,139 --> 00:32:53,473 Everything was ideal. 549 00:32:54,266 --> 00:32:55,642 -The stage was set. -[Brett groans] 550 00:32:56,476 --> 00:33:00,272 The stage was set. The curtains were red velvet. 551 00:33:00,355 --> 00:33:01,773 The crowd was in. 552 00:33:01,857 --> 00:33:04,192 [man] The spotlight was on. You'd been announced. 553 00:33:04,276 --> 00:33:05,485 I'd been announced. 554 00:33:05,569 --> 00:33:07,362 [man] Cody Simpson, the headliner. 555 00:33:08,530 --> 00:33:10,323 -Oh, man. -[man] Stay positive. 556 00:33:11,074 --> 00:33:12,242 Shut it all down. 557 00:33:14,786 --> 00:33:17,372 -[rain pattering] -[thunder rumbling] 558 00:33:19,624 --> 00:33:20,459 [gasps] 559 00:33:20,542 --> 00:33:21,460 [chuckles] 560 00:33:22,753 --> 00:33:25,130 [Cody] That would've been the worst thing ever. 561 00:33:25,714 --> 00:33:28,216 [Brett] They just went off and did some things. 562 00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:30,886 They went to the grocery store and the bookstore. 563 00:33:30,969 --> 00:33:34,681 And I'm sitting at home and just... Just feeling terrible. 564 00:33:34,765 --> 00:33:36,975 I felt like we left something out there. 565 00:33:37,058 --> 00:33:41,146 I just text Cody, I was like, "Get home now. We're doing something." 566 00:33:41,229 --> 00:33:43,023 And he's like, "I'm out." 567 00:33:43,106 --> 00:33:45,484 I'm like, "Drop everything you're doing. 568 00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:49,196 "Figure out a way to get back in now. We're gonna go workout." 569 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:51,198 [indistinct conversation] 570 00:33:52,574 --> 00:33:53,575 What's up? 571 00:34:13,220 --> 00:34:16,472 [Brett] Yeah, apparently, he was planning his own workout, so... 572 00:34:16,972 --> 00:34:20,227 I'm not planning my own workout. I'm just saying, like, 573 00:34:20,727 --> 00:34:22,604 of course we were gonna do something. 574 00:34:22,686 --> 00:34:26,191 I just wanted to... Have to be patient. 575 00:34:28,860 --> 00:34:29,693 [thuds] 576 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:35,075 [Brett] I want you and people to know this is no game. 577 00:34:35,157 --> 00:34:36,201 Know what I mean? 578 00:34:36,284 --> 00:34:40,372 Like, this is serious shit. We left too much on the table today. 579 00:34:40,454 --> 00:34:42,916 You swam for 20 minutes, know what I mean? 580 00:34:42,999 --> 00:34:44,918 We didn't even get the racing in. 581 00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:47,503 I've been sick all day. Haven't you felt that? 582 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:48,421 Yeah, I have. 583 00:34:48,505 --> 00:34:50,965 [Cody] I thought we wouldn't be getting back in the pool. 584 00:34:51,048 --> 00:34:53,718 So, I was planning on doing something tonight. 585 00:34:55,595 --> 00:34:57,597 [Brett] I'm sitting here worried about you 586 00:34:57,681 --> 00:34:59,975 and you're at the bookstore and grocery store. 587 00:35:00,058 --> 00:35:01,560 What the fuck am I doing? 588 00:35:01,643 --> 00:35:03,478 [Cody] I'm getting food for the next... 589 00:35:03,562 --> 00:35:05,689 [Brett] I'm just sitting here doing nothing! 590 00:35:05,772 --> 00:35:08,900 There's people that'll hurt you. They're coming to get you. 591 00:35:08,984 --> 00:35:12,821 [Cody] We were going to get food, so we can make dinner after the workout. 592 00:35:12,904 --> 00:35:16,533 [Brett] Why didn't you fucking communicate a workout then? 593 00:35:16,616 --> 00:35:17,450 [Cody] Communicate-- 594 00:35:17,534 --> 00:35:20,495 [Brett] I'm fucking sitting here communicating with you to work out. 595 00:35:20,579 --> 00:35:22,664 Why didn't you fucking communicate? 596 00:35:22,747 --> 00:35:25,834 All I care about is you and what's coming for you! 597 00:35:25,917 --> 00:35:28,128 -I care about that a lot! -[Cody] We do, too. 598 00:35:28,211 --> 00:35:30,130 [Brett] Then fucking do something about it! 599 00:35:30,213 --> 00:35:31,840 [Cody] That's what we're doing. 600 00:35:32,674 --> 00:35:33,550 [door slams] 601 00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:46,605 [rock music playing]