i'm just unmotivated. >> okay. he was talking about the last time around. and now you're looking at him now and we're talking about this guy, who is, you know, the best in the world at this point. and he's talking about being unmotivated and didn't want to get out of bed and just lying on the couch. what do you make of that? it just seems so, just the complete opposite of what you think an amazing athlete would ever experience mentally, i guess. >> actually, it's not. because here you have someone who at his first olympic games was 15 years old in 2000. i think at some point, i think between the '04 and '08 games i don't think he even took a day off, not even at christmas time. it's very hard for someone, i don't think people really know how tough it is with all the training and stuff that you do continuously. hours upon hours and days upon days. we all have times when you are mentally just exhausted and, you know, he experienced that. he never had a break. so, you know, it's really not uncommon for someone who has been in the sport for so long to sort of m

i was unmotivated. didn't want to do anything.t want to get out of bed or work out and had no drive and no goals. i had goals, but didn't want to do anything about them. unmotivated. >> do you feel now as motivated as you have ever been? >> i wouldn't say as motivated as i have ever been, but very motivated after going through some of the races that i have had happen and still don't want to lose. >> you have to win three to break the all time world record of olympic medals. is that the real goal. be honest. >> i actually didn't even know that was the number until earlier in the year and somebody brought it up. i have personal things that i want to accomplish and that's why i'm out there. i always want to do things that nobody has ever done before. just to be able to be in the same sentence with the olympic greats that are the best. >> if you were to win three and there is a high probability of that, you will be officially the greatest olympian in the history of the olympics. >> pretty cool. >> pretty cool? >> i'm laid back. >> you

i literally was just unmotivated. didn't want to do anything. didn't want to get out of bed.t want to work out. i had no drive. i had no goals. i mean, i had no goals, but i just didn't want to do anything about it. >> do you feel now as motivated as you've ever been? >> i wouldn't say as motivated as i have ever been, but i am very motivated. after going through some of the races that i've had happen over the last three queers, i just don't want to lose anymore. >> you've got to break three for the world record of olympic med das. is that the real goal? be honest. >> i ak chully didn't even know that was the number until earlier in the year when somebody braugt it up. i have personal things that i want to accomplish. and that's what i'm after. i always want to do things that nobody has ever done before. just to be able to be in the same sentence with some of the olympic greats. >> there's a very high probability of that. you will be the greatest olympian in the history of the olympics. >> pretty cool. >> pretty cool? i would have been able to complete everything that i've ev