2022-07-05
1 小时 1 分钟I'm at the Olympic Games, I'm going to see myself crossing the finish line regardless of what other people see me doing.
And I'm a winner by my attitude.
I'm a winner not by the placing, but by my performance, by my effort.
And I remember getting across the finish line, and I think there were probably maybe three people in the world that believed that I could do it, and I was one of those people.
Most importantly, I remember taking a victory lap and the guy with the big camera was following and I was rolling.
I mean, I was running fast on my victory lap.
He's like, slow down.
You're supposed to savor the moment.
I said, you better keep up.
Cause you don't know what I've gone through.
My guest today, Gail Devers, was a rising star in the world of running, winning title after title until her body began to betray her, literally consuming itself and threatening to end her career just as it was getting going.
And maybe her life.
Maybe even more distressing, though, was a level of systematic, almost gaslighting.
For years, doctors kept saying nothing was wrong, but she knew.
And she kept pushing for answers until she found one and then painstakingly rebuilt her health, her life, and stepped back onto the track to do what no one else thought possible.
Gayle became a nine time world champion, three time Olympic gold track and field medalist, and a five time Olympian, and now a fierce advocate for raising awareness for graves disease, which she was finally diagnosed with.
She's made a name for herself as one of the fastest women alive for almost two decades, although the odds were seemingly against Gail when she discovered her diagnosis, from her health suffering greatly, to her self confidence taking a major hit as a result.
And it made her recovery and comeback moment years later in the 92 Olympic Games in Barcelona even more special.
But Gayle's story is also so much bigger than running.
She has become a fierce advocate to raise awareness for health, for agency in healthcare, and for graves disease and its accompanying Ted symptoms.