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> I imagine I’d feel the same if I’d won the Olympics as silly as that sounds. Ultimately it was a hollow victory. The hundreds of hours, the 185 days of real 2
by Cpoll 7y ago
> I imagine I’d feel the same if I’d won the Olympics as silly as that sounds. Ultimately it was a hollow victory. The hundreds of hours, the 185 days of real 24 hour days I put into that single character, I can never get back.
I wonder if some medallists feel the same way. If you don't leverage it into a retirement (and a lot of the less popular events can't), you're left with some medals, experience, and memories.