The Charlie Kirk Show - July 28, 2021


Why Quitters Aren't Winners


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What does it mean to wear the Team USA jersey? What does that mean to rise above stress and adversity? On this episode of , we take a look at what it means to be a hero in the face of adversity.

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00:00:27.000 Hey, everybody.
00:00:28.000 Coming off of what people have told me is a controversial take, I go through a very obvious truth.
00:00:35.000 Quitters aren't heroes. 0.98
00:00:38.000 If Simone has some mental health issues, I hope she gets help and compassion.
00:00:43.000 That's not what we're dealing with here.
00:00:45.000 She said that she wasn't having fun.
00:00:47.000 She said that it was too much stress.
00:00:50.000 We go through this episode of examples of athletes that have risen above stress and adversity.
00:00:57.000 What does it mean to wear the team USA jersey?
00:01:00.000 Now, you might have said, Charlie, I totally disagreed with your take in the last episode.
00:01:04.000 Give me a chance to explain myself in this one.
00:01:07.000 At least you'll be able to see where I'm coming from.
00:01:09.000 People who quit do not honor the Lord.
00:01:12.000 People who quit do not have the fruit of the spirit that God gives us to live and complete the final race.
00:01:22.000 This topic has divided the country and with it, the conservative movement.
00:01:26.000 And I can't quite see why.
00:01:29.000 I have compassion for people that are struggling.
00:01:32.000 I have no tolerance for people that get up to the moment when things matter most and abandon their teammates and their nation.
00:01:40.000 We explore that on this episode.
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00:02:26.000 Quitters are not heroes. 0.99
00:02:28.000 People who quit on their marriages are not heroes.
00:02:31.000 People who quit on their work are not heroes.
00:02:34.000 People that quit when things get tough are not heroes.
00:02:37.000 We should be clear about that.
00:02:39.000 Buckle up. 0.96
00:02:40.000 Here we go.
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00:02:54.000 He's an incredible guy.
00:02:54.000 His spirit, his love of this country, he's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.
00:03:03.000 We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:03:12.000 That's why we are here.
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00:04:45.000 At the end of the hour, I gave a very, I think, vanilla take, very kind of middle of the road, not very controversial take about how quitting when it's hard is something that is not an American value.
00:05:00.000 Not exactly controversial, right?
00:05:02.000 And of course, I recognize and realize that people can have mental health challenges and problems in their own life, obviously.
00:05:11.000 When you are in a gold medal match and you are considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time, which is probably true based on prior Olympic accomplishments, and you have been put front and center as the focal point of American Olympics, not just gymnastics, then I think competing when it matters most is something that is a no-brainer.
00:05:38.000 So yesterday, I just made a couple comments about Simone Biles, and I think that the reaction to that, which I've been told has been quite a lot.
00:05:49.000 I don't have social media on my phones.
00:05:51.000 People came up to me last night at an event I was doing, Charlie, you're trending on Twitter.
00:05:55.000 Oh, really?
00:05:56.000 Which one of the things?
00:05:57.000 The masks, the vaccines, the mandatory vaccines, the lockdowns?
00:06:01.000 What else do we got?
00:06:02.000 Whatever, the Trump event, voter integrity, Arizona audit.
00:06:07.000 Which topic am I trending on Twitter today?
00:06:09.000 They said, oh, no, the Simone Biles one.
00:06:11.000 I said, what are you talking about?
00:06:12.000 Oh, you mean that thing that I said at the end of the hour about how quitting is not an American value?
00:06:17.000 Like, that's not that controversial.
00:06:19.000 People lost their mind.
00:06:20.000 How dare you say that people shouldn't quit?
00:06:23.000 So I think it actually warrants a deeper and thoughtful explanation and actually shows that Simone Biles and this entire situation is a microcosm of a macro trend that has set into our country, a political and philosophical trend, and one that is worthy of explaining.
00:06:46.000 So first, let's just start with the Olympics.
00:06:48.000 This is not just an athletic competition.
00:06:53.000 This is a representation to the rest of the world of your values and your nation's values.
00:07:03.000 Many of us grew up hearing the stories of Jesse Owens famously winning the Olympics in the 1930s and the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany refusing to associate with him.
00:07:17.000 That was not about sports.
00:07:19.000 That was about values and morals.
00:07:22.000 Many of us grew up hearing the stories of many of you heard these stories or saw it of the American hockey team beating the Soviet Union.
00:07:33.000 That was not about sports.
00:07:36.000 That was about values and ideas and nations.
00:07:39.000 It was about our home.
00:07:43.000 You see, the Olympics is not just about who runs the fastest and who could do the best gymnastics routine, of which I fully acknowledge is physically not just difficult.
00:07:59.000 It's impressive what they're able to do.
00:08:03.000 It's about what happens when it gets tough.
00:08:07.000 You see, this current generation, the Simone Biles generation, she's only a couple years younger than I am.
00:08:14.000 They have very little understanding, very little appreciation for how important the Olympics are.
00:08:24.000 Now, maybe Simone Biles understands this.
00:08:26.000 And if she does, it only makes what she did even worse.
00:08:30.000 But understand, as every nation on the planet gathers, they're looking at what's going on in that country.
00:08:41.000 What do they believe?
00:08:43.000 How tough are they?
00:08:45.000 Are they going to be able to stand up if we have to go to war against that nation?
00:08:51.000 You see, throughout Olympic history, we have stories of heroes like Carrie Strugg, who was also in gymnastics, and she won the very last run of competition with two torn ligaments.
00:09:11.000 Now, before we get to that, let's just frame what happened with Simone Biles.
00:09:16.000 Did she have a mental breakdown? 0.88
00:09:21.000 I don't quite know.
00:09:23.000 I do know she was articulate enough to be able to do a flippant and condescending press conference. 1.00
00:09:32.000 In Cut 43, I want you to listen to this.
00:09:36.000 She was asked, well, what happened?
00:09:37.000 Did you sprain your ankle?
00:09:39.000 Did you have a back issue?
00:09:43.000 Do you have a wrist issue?
00:09:45.000 Very big deal in gymnastics if you have a wrist issue.
00:09:48.000 No, she said, look, it's about having fun, and I'm not having fun anymore.
00:09:56.000 So why even do it? 0.99
00:09:57.000 You see, for the current generation that has been taught that America is trash, to believe that America is just garbage, then yeah, when she's wearing that team USA jacket, she doesn't, like, yeah, whatever. 0.99
00:10:15.000 It's not a big deal. 0.99
00:10:17.000 I'm not having fun.
00:10:18.000 You see, it's all about me.
00:10:20.000 No duty, no commitment to something bigger than herself.
00:10:26.000 Play tape.
00:10:28.000 So it's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are rather than just battle through it.
00:10:39.000 No, no injury, thankfully.
00:10:41.000 And that's why I took a step back because I didn't want to do something silly out there and get injured.
00:10:47.000 It's been a long week.
00:10:48.000 It's been a long Olympic process.
00:10:50.000 It's been a long year.
00:10:53.000 So just a lot of different variables.
00:10:55.000 And I think we're just a little bit too stressed out.
00:10:59.000 But we should be out here having fun.
00:11:01.000 And sometimes that's not the case.
00:11:03.000 Okay, so I'm just going to use her own words and just go through them.
00:11:07.000 Long week, long process.
00:11:10.000 Yeah, that's the point of competing in the Olympics, okay?
00:11:14.000 Stress out.
00:11:15.000 Welcome to the club.
00:11:16.000 You're in the Olympics.
00:11:18.000 You see, Simone Biles wants glory without bravery. 1.00
00:11:24.000 She wants recognition and adoration without courage.
00:11:31.000 You see, in the West, we elevate people that acknowledge stress, long weeks, difficulty, and yes, sometimes not having fun.
00:11:44.000 You don't go compete in the Olympics because it's not a night out with your friends.
00:11:49.000 It's not a chance to go explore Tokyo.
00:11:52.000 You do that afterwards.
00:11:54.000 You go to win.
00:11:57.000 That's what Americans do.
00:11:58.000 You suck it up.
00:12:01.000 And if you're not ready for that, then I have compassion for you and I have empathy for you. 0.60
00:12:06.000 Don't show up.
00:12:08.000 Don't go through that process.
00:12:12.000 Remember when we used to have winners?
00:12:15.000 Grit and perseverance are the two things that have always made America the toughest and greatest nation ever to exist.
00:12:23.000 Not, I'm too stressed out and I'm not having fun.
00:12:28.000 The one thing if she said, I had a total mental breakdown and I couldn't even remember my name.
00:12:32.000 I know, seriously, I have compassion for that.
00:12:34.000 Instead, with a smug, condescending, flippant attitude, well, look, we need to have fun out there.
00:12:42.000 We're not always having fun.
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00:14:20.000 This is what's great about sports.
00:14:22.000 This is what the greatest thing about sports is.
00:14:25.000 You play to win the game.
00:14:31.000 Hello?
00:14:33.000 You play to win the game.
00:14:36.000 You don't play to just play it.
00:14:40.000 That's the great thing about sports.
00:14:42.000 You play to win.
00:14:44.000 And I don't care if you don't have any wins.
00:14:46.000 You go play to win.
00:14:48.000 When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire.
00:14:52.000 Get out.
00:14:54.000 Because it matters.
00:14:57.000 One of the greatest sports takes, that's right up there with, I'm a man, I'm 40.
00:15:01.000 That is right up there with Gundy from Oklahoma State.
00:15:05.000 You play to win the game.
00:15:07.000 You don't play to have fun.
00:15:10.000 Now, people say, well, Charlie, that's a little bit cruel.
00:15:12.000 Anyone who's ever been in athletic competition knows that the fun happens at times you least expect.
00:15:19.000 It's part of the process.
00:15:20.000 You want to know what's fun?
00:15:22.000 Winning is fun.
00:15:23.000 Championships are fun, and they're hard.
00:15:26.000 They take sacrifice, discipline, duty.
00:15:29.000 But even beyond that, the Olympics, because we don't teach our children to have a reverence for our nation.
00:15:37.000 Simone Biles just kind of, and by the way, she's a BLM activist, just so we're clear. 0.97
00:15:41.000 And again, that doesn't make her a bad person.
00:15:43.000 I'm just going to add this for some context.
00:15:47.000 We have all sorts of stories here.
00:15:49.000 She comes out and she talks about, oh, yeah, Breonna Taylor and BLM.
00:15:54.000 And she said, we tried peaceful protests, and then Colin Kaepernick lost his job.
00:15:58.000 He lost his career.
00:16:00.000 It's working.
00:16:01.000 You just have to be the first people and we'll follow.
00:16:03.000 Again, I'm not getting into her politics.
00:16:05.000 Again, it's par for the course.
00:16:07.000 It's to be expected from an athlete.
00:16:10.000 She says, we need change.
00:16:11.000 We need justice for the black community.
00:16:13.000 With a peaceful protest, it starts to change.
00:16:15.000 How many times has this happened before we had cell phones?
00:16:18.000 All these people.
00:16:19.000 Again, this is back in July of last year.
00:16:22.000 Whatever.
00:16:24.000 Not going to focus on that.
00:16:25.000 But I am saying, though, the BLM narrative that is anti-American at its core, that is critical of America at its core, why should she revere the Team USA jacket as she puts it on? 0.95
00:16:38.000 If America's trash, then yeah, it's just all about having fun.
00:16:41.000 But if you believe America's a gift from the Lord, like I do, that it's so special and beautiful in this republic is something that is exceptional and rare, that if I put on that team USA jacket, I would have to have a broken arm not to compete and whatever that would be. 0.95
00:16:58.000 And I'm not the only one that feels that way.
00:17:00.000 Someone who was also a gymnast, Carrie Strugg, she, I believe, she had two torn ligaments, and she still competed in one of the most amazing moments in gymnastics history.
00:17:14.000 Now, some of the naysayers say, Charlie, that's just physical pain.
00:17:17.000 Simone had mental pain as well.
00:17:19.000 Hold on a second.
00:17:20.000 If anyone's ever torn a ligament like I have, that's not just physical.
00:17:24.000 That's not just mental.
00:17:25.000 That's spiritual.
00:17:26.000 That's emotional.
00:17:27.000 You start questioning your whole existence when you tear ligaments.
00:17:27.000 Okay.
00:17:30.000 Okay.
00:17:31.000 That is pain that is stratospheric.
00:17:34.000 So don't give me that.
00:17:35.000 Oh, well, Simone had a much deeper type of pain.
00:17:38.000 She just had mental pain.
00:17:39.000 Anyone's ever torn a ligament?
00:17:41.000 You start making up words because you're in so much pain.
00:17:45.000 You start just combining swear words.
00:17:48.000 Jim Carrey style.
00:17:50.000 Play cut 44.
00:17:52.000 Struggle had heard a snap.
00:17:55.000 Struggle had torn two ligaments in her ankle.
00:17:58.000 In normal circumstances, that would mean the end of her Olympic Games. 0.89
00:18:02.000 The U.S. needed one last solid fall to seal the nation's first ever gold medal in the team all around.
00:18:14.000 The U.S. had their first gold medal in the team all-around.
00:18:21.000 Pain is temporary.
00:18:23.000 Pride is forever.
00:18:26.000 Pain is temporary.
00:18:28.000 Pride in your nation is forever.
00:18:30.000 As it's narrated by someone from Britain or something.
00:18:34.000 Am I hearing that right?
00:18:35.000 Someone had an accent in that.
00:18:36.000 I don't know what it's kind of hilarious.
00:18:38.000 You know, that's the first time Russia won gold since 1992 in that type of competition.
00:18:44.000 Americans aren't quitters.
00:18:47.000 And it would be one thing if Simone Biles came out and she said, I collapsed and I just couldn't take it anymore.
00:18:52.000 I had an overwhelming mental breakdown.
00:18:55.000 I have compassion for that.
00:18:56.000 Instead, her explanation, to use her own words, is, you know what?
00:19:00.000 I want it to be about me.
00:19:02.000 I'm a little stressed out.
00:19:04.000 And my teammates and I aren't having fun anymore.
00:19:07.000 If you're going to pull the plug on an Olympic gold medal competition, here's some advice, Simone.
00:19:12.000 At least wordsmith it a little bit more than that.
00:19:15.000 And maybe kind of go to a thesaurus and say, okay, what else could we say without fun?
00:19:20.000 How about mental stability?
00:19:22.000 Like anything.
00:19:24.000 Instead, she literally uses the word fun as if this is Saturday night out with the friends at a club in Beverly Hills.
00:19:33.000 The Olympics is a short period in time when we see what nations are ready for tough stuff and what nations are on fragile footing.
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00:20:49.000 Team USA is not Team Simone.
00:20:52.000 She represents a nation of over 340 million people.
00:20:58.000 The selfie generation, which is her generation, is narcissistic, all about one's own self.
00:21:06.000 I would argue, and there are legitimate mental health issues, for sure.
00:21:11.000 I would argue that one of the reasons we're seeing an increase in mental health issues, though, is the overemphasis on self-esteem and self-love.
00:21:19.000 One of the reasons why generations prior did not have as many mental health issues, and there were plenty, but not as much as now, is that there was more of a commitment to duty and responsibility and a purpose bigger than yourself.
00:21:31.000 You know what that does?
00:21:33.000 Puts a lot less pressure on yourself to figure yourself out.
00:21:38.000 Follow your heart, is what a lot of people say.
00:21:40.000 It's a lot of pressure.
00:21:42.000 You see that happen in a lot of different ways in this generation.
00:21:46.000 Instead, it should be follow the good.
00:21:49.000 Do the right thing.
00:21:51.000 Serve an ultimate purpose.
00:21:54.000 Find your place in a transcendent order.
00:21:57.000 Do difficult things.
00:22:00.000 Dig deep when it gets tough.
00:22:02.000 Sports, just like music, just like movies, it's part of culture.
00:22:12.000 And culture can tell us a lot about where the country is headed.
00:22:17.000 Remember when Kirk Gibson?
00:22:20.000 Remember when he had two bad knees?
00:22:22.000 He came out and he famously hit the home run and then he goes shun chun, shun shun in that famous around second base. 1.00
00:22:31.000 Yeah, Dodger, see, I know my sports history.
00:22:33.000 Play tape.
00:22:34.000 Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda thought he'd be without NL MVP Kurt Gibson for game one of the 1988 World Series due to injuries to both legs.
00:22:44.000 But Gibson told Lasorda he might have one good swing left as a pitch hitter.
00:22:50.000 In the bottom of the ninth, down by one, with two outs and a man on, he limped to the plate looking to make a difference.
00:22:57.000 Against all-star relief ace Dennis Eckersley, Gibson connected.
00:23:00.000 Gibson swings and a powerful e-bray!
00:23:03.000 She is God!
00:23:10.000 It was his only contribution to the series, but Gibson's game-changing swing helped power the Dodgers to the World Series crown.
00:23:16.000 I don't believe what I just saw.
00:23:18.000 Now, just so you know, Dennis Eckersley was a great pitcher, too.
00:23:23.000 That was no schlepp that he hit a home run with.
00:23:27.000 That's the America I want to get back to.
00:23:30.000 I don't even know if I can walk, but I'm going to be there for my teammates.
00:23:33.000 And that wasn't even the Olympics, by the way.
00:23:36.000 Remember Jim Abbott, one-handed pitcher who threw a no-hitter, literally, a one-handed pitcher who threw a no-hitter, cut 46.
00:23:48.000 Jim Abbott.
00:24:06.000 Jim Abbott throws a no-hitter and shuts out the Cleveland Indians.
00:24:16.000 You want to have fun?
00:24:17.000 Win.
00:24:18.000 That's what Americans do.
00:24:21.000 The greatest basketball athlete of all time, who, by the way, also lost his father in this decade, might have been served a pizza intentionally full of poison.
00:24:34.000 In fact, the way that Michael Jordan tells this story is that I think he was in Utah when this was being, when this happened, if I'm not mistaken, this was in the Utah, right?
00:24:42.000 And it's all kind of cataloged.
00:24:45.000 Yeah, it is Utah.
00:24:46.000 In the last dance, where he was hungry, and the pizza delivery people come up, and there's like five people that delivered this pizza.
00:24:56.000 Michael Jordan eats the pizza, no one else did, and he gets sick.
00:25:00.000 Michael Jordan, despite having body aches and throwing up worse than you could possibly imagine, reached a whole new level of sports excellence known as the flu game.
00:25:11.000 He dug deeper.
00:25:13.000 He committed himself to something bigger than just number 23.
00:25:18.000 He said, I want to be there for my teammates.
00:25:20.000 I want to be there for Scotty.
00:25:22.000 I want to be there for Dennis.
00:25:23.000 I'm not going to let the people of Chicago down.
00:25:25.000 Cut 47.
00:25:27.000 When I look at Coffin back in the back room, he was in a dark room trying to get some rest, but still throwing up.
00:25:34.000 And Marl, I talked to him.
00:25:35.000 I said, how do you feel?
00:25:36.000 He said, I really feel horrible.
00:25:38.000 His history in games where he's either been hurt or sick has been bad news for the opportunity.
00:25:43.000 And as you can see, he's ready to go tonight.
00:25:44.000 Mark, the Chicago Bulls have defeated the Utah Jacks to take a three games to two lead.
00:25:53.000 They would have made a mediate a courageous, classic performance by the flu holy Michael Jordan.
00:26:02.000 Michael Jordan famously said that he never wanted to not go 100%.
00:26:09.000 Not because of himself, but that he knew that if he was traveling at some arena somewhere, someone was coming just to see him.
00:26:18.000 And he didn't want to let that person down.
00:26:20.000 Michael Jordan was and is a role model for millions.
00:26:26.000 Simone Biles, you are too.
00:26:28.000 Derek Redmond, remember when he tore his hamstring at the 1992 Olympics?
00:26:34.000 And he still finished the 400.
00:26:36.000 Cut 49.
00:26:38.000 Derek Redmond.
00:26:40.000 Derek Redmond was one of the top athletes competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
00:26:45.000 Redmond unfortunately suffered a torn hamstring during the 400-meter semifinal race.
00:26:50.000 Unable to get up and finish, Redmond received some help from his father.
00:26:54.000 Johnson got disqualified for receiving assistance, but it didn't matter.
00:26:58.000 Nah.
00:26:59.000 That's what heroes do.
00:27:01.000 They don't quit.
00:27:03.000 They don't give up.
00:27:04.000 There's a great quote by Cicero, one-year Roman consul.
00:27:10.000 Some would call him a stoic.
00:27:13.000 In Latin, it's non naba solum nati summas, which means not for ourselves alone are we boring.
00:27:20.000 Or are we alive?
00:27:22.000 Purpose bigger than yourself.
00:27:25.000 More than your Snapchat, more than your TikTok.
00:27:28.000 Are you connected to something bigger than yourself?
00:27:30.000 That's what the Olympics used to embody.
00:27:35.000 There was a ethos of Team USA.
00:27:39.000 There was a belief that you're representing a nation and not just any nation.
00:27:45.000 A nation founded on moral ideas.
00:27:49.000 A nation that steps up when things seem impossible.
00:27:55.000 Now, all those other examples were physical difficulties, which can come into mental difficulties.
00:28:00.000 Remember when Brett Favre, who might be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time?
00:28:03.000 I won't say he's the best.
00:28:04.000 He was definitely one of the most entertaining.
00:28:06.000 Most touchdowns thrown while he, I think someone might have broke his record.
00:28:09.000 I think Drew Brees broke his record, broke his record.
00:28:11.000 Most touchdowns and most interceptions.
00:28:15.000 He was a gunslinger.
00:28:17.000 The man from Mississippi.
00:28:18.000 I loved watching Brett Favre growing up.
00:28:21.000 And he was a menace to those of us that were Bears fans.
00:28:25.000 But Brett Favre lost his father.
00:28:29.000 I remember, I think this was a Monday night football game.
00:28:31.000 I used to watch Monday Night Football like a religious experience.
00:28:33.000 Remember Madden?
00:28:34.000 Is Madden still alive?
00:28:36.000 Are you serious?
00:28:38.000 Whoever took Madden off of Monday night football should be fired.
00:28:42.000 I want to find that person.
00:28:43.000 He used to come in a bus.
00:28:44.000 Was it John Madden?
00:28:45.000 Is that right?
00:28:46.000 John Madden, he was afraid of flying, so he used to drive this massive bus to every Monday night football game.
00:28:46.000 Yeah.
00:28:54.000 You remember this?
00:28:55.000 It was a beautiful thing.
00:28:57.000 Now Monday Night Football is, I don't know who does Monday night football.
00:29:03.000 I don't even watch the NFL anymore.
00:29:04.000 So what am I talking about?
00:29:05.000 Brett Favre, this is when America was special and still special, obviously.
00:29:11.000 Simone Biles, I hope that you look at Brett Favre and you say, man, he lost his father.
00:29:17.000 And he still played the next night.
00:29:18.000 And he was exceptional.
00:29:20.000 Play tape.
00:29:21.000 NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre was very close to his father, Irvin, who coached and mentored the three-time MVP when he was a kid.
00:29:28.000 Sadly, Irvin passed away unexpectedly on December 21st, 2003.
00:29:32.000 Rather than sit out the following day's game against the Oakland Raiders, Brett Favre opted to play for his father on national television.
00:29:39.000 How Brett Favre is going to be able to handle this, I have no idea.
00:29:46.000 So under tremendous emotional duress, Brett Farrell goes for it.
00:29:52.000 399 yards and four touchdowns for Favre in that one.
00:29:55.000 America was behind him the whole way, and he performed in a way that would have made his late father so proud.
00:30:01.000 Sports and athletes are obviously not the most important thing in society.
00:30:07.000 But it is a temperature test of where your culture's at.
00:30:12.000 Do you think the Chinese Communist Party is snickering and laughing at us right now?
00:30:18.000 If we have to go to war with China, do you think that we would win? 0.99
00:30:26.000 Do you think our nation is tough enough to stand up against the difficulty it would take to win an all-out conflict against the Chinese Communist Party?
00:30:36.000 You see, Simone, talented athlete, but she imperfectly embodies what BLM and CRT teach. 1.00
00:30:45.000 America's not worth sacrificing for.
00:30:49.000 America is just an awful place.
00:30:53.000 It's not worth pushing boundaries for.
00:30:56.000 Simone Biles, she is the mascot for critical race theory. 0.98
00:31:03.000 You want to see where this plays out?
00:31:06.000 It'll be a generation that says, eh, who cares about the nation?
00:31:10.000 I care about my own fun.
00:31:14.000 That is upside down.
00:31:16.000 In the midst of quitting, it seems that someone has done the opposite, pulled off a huge upset in the Olympics.
00:31:23.000 I just want to say we're getting a lot of interesting feedback.
00:31:25.000 People are saying things that I didn't say.
00:31:27.000 First of all, if you have any issue with what I'm saying about Simone Biles, actually go back and listen to what Simone Biles actually said.
00:31:35.000 People are saying, oh, she was suicidal.
00:31:36.000 She never said any of that.
00:31:38.000 Okay.
00:31:38.000 She said, oh, she had a mental breakdown.
00:31:40.000 She never said that either.
00:31:42.000 Go, you know, it's actually worth playing this back.
00:31:45.000 They're reading the press and they're listening.
00:31:47.000 Listen to why she said she quit on America.
00:31:49.000 She said she was not having fun.
00:31:51.000 She was a little stressed out and it's been a long process.
00:31:55.000 So basically, I don't want to do this anymore.
00:31:57.000 I don't care about the nation.
00:31:59.000 I don't care about my portrayal of America to the rest of the world.
00:32:06.000 For all of you listening, I encourage you to actually hold people accountable what they say, not what you think other people are saying about it.
00:32:13.000 Listen again to what Simone Biles said about giving up and turning her back on America. 0.96
00:32:17.000 Play tape.
00:32:18.000 So it's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are rather than just battle through it.
00:32:29.000 No, no injury, thankfully.
00:32:32.000 And that's why I took a step back because I didn't want to do something silly out there and get injured.
00:32:37.000 It's been a long week.
00:32:39.000 It's been a long Olympic process.
00:32:40.000 It's been a long year.
00:32:43.000 So just a lot of different variables.
00:32:45.000 And I think we're just a little bit too stressed out.
00:32:50.000 But we should be out here having fun.
00:32:51.000 And sometimes that's not the case.
00:32:54.000 We should be out there having fun. 0.97
00:32:56.000 Whoever told you something as ridiculous as that? 0.80
00:33:00.000 The moment you put on the Team USA Jersey, it is about duty, responsibility, obligation to the nation, and victory. 0.97
00:33:08.000 You want to have fun, Simone?
00:33:10.000 Well, you've done it before.
00:33:11.000 You looked pretty fun when you won back in previous Olympics.
00:33:15.000 You want to have fun?
00:33:16.000 Break through the odds.
00:33:18.000 Become the most decorated Olympian of all time.
00:33:21.000 Well, that would be Michael Phelps, who, by the way, is a terrific guy.
00:33:24.000 I have a lot of respect for Michael Phelps because he very easily could have quit and given up given all the controversy.
00:33:30.000 I have a respect for Tiger Woods.
00:33:32.000 Same thing.
00:33:32.000 I love comeback stories.
00:33:34.000 I can't stand quitters.
00:33:38.000 It's not American. 0.81
00:33:40.000 Well, Anastasia Zolotic, 18-year-old, American, upset victory against the Ruskies, right?
00:33:49.000 Against the Russians. 0.80
00:33:51.000 This is a good story.
00:33:53.000 She's a hero.
00:33:54.000 Play tape.
00:33:55.000 We have the first woman gold medal in Olympic history.
00:34:00.000 Anastasia Zelotic did the thing.
00:34:03.000 This is what we've been waiting for, working for, dreaming about.
00:34:07.000 This is a moment in time.
00:34:09.000 I can't take it.
00:34:14.000 The rapid ascent of 18-year-old American Anastasia Zelotic continues all the way to the top of the podium in Tokyo, and she becomes the first American woman to win Olympic gold in taekwondo.
00:34:31.000 Oh my gosh, my gosh, my gosh.
00:34:33.000 Cry more, Russia. 0.86
00:34:34.000 I love it.
00:34:36.000 You see the Ruski coming off stage just with the head down. 0.67
00:34:40.000 That's what it's all about. 0.82
00:34:41.000 You suck it up.
00:34:42.000 You think that 18-year-old Anastasia Zolotich, the American, you don't think she had a little bit of stress, long process?
00:34:51.000 That right there is bigger than Anastasia versus what Tatiana Minia, who is going to make Putin very angry.
00:35:00.000 No, this is about nations colliding.
00:35:03.000 That's what the Olympics is about.
00:35:05.000 It's not about my own personal fun.
00:35:06.000 We're supposed to go out there and have fun.
00:35:08.000 That's not what the Olympics is about.
00:35:10.000 Okay, Simone, that's what Saturday Night Live is about.
00:35:13.000 When you go host Saturday Night Live, that's what that's about.
00:35:16.000 When you go on the cover of Vogue magazine, that's what that's about.
00:35:21.000 The Olympics is peaceful geopolitical combat.
00:35:27.000 If it was just about having fun or competing, you'd just be wearing a team jersey on your back, or it'd say Team Simone.
00:35:34.000 Instead, it says Team USA with the very same colors and flag that was raised over Iwo Jima, that liberated Berlin, that liberated South Korea, the very same history that won the American Civil War and was raised again on 9-11.
00:35:51.000 That's what USA means.
00:35:54.000 And I have compassion for people that have mental health struggles.
00:35:57.000 She said it was all about having fun.
00:36:01.000 Winners have fun, and Americans are winners.
00:36:03.000 In the midst of all of this nonsensical news cycle, we got ourselves tied up in.
00:36:07.000 Anastasia Zolotich, God bless you.
00:36:11.000 You're what it means to be an American, defeating the Russians, and it's celebrating after. 0.99
00:36:16.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
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