Dave Durden Ryan Murphy
U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming Friday, June 11, 2021 Omaha, Nebraska, USA CHI Health Center Dave Durden DAVE DURDEN: Yeah, I mean, I, there's absolutely Ryan Murphy something to be learned from that. I think we're learning and have learned a lot in the past -- well, I don't want to Media Conference speak for others. I'll speak for me. I've learned a lot in the past year. I've learned a lot in the past four years, going from Rio to getting ready for Tokyo to getting ready for now THE MODERATOR: We'll take questions, please. 2021, getting ready for 2020 and now for 2021. My perspective is one as a college coach, which I understand Q. Ryan, how did the year-long delay impact your the balance of intercollegiate athletics and academic training approach, your mental approach, just your pursuits, which also includes professional pursuits that go overall build-up to the games? beyond the sport of swimming. Sometimes those professional goals do not involve swimming. Some of RYAN MURPHY: Yeah, so I think the build-up to the those professional life goals, as our guys get a little bit games was interesting in the fact that there actually was a older, a little bit more wise, a little more understanding that build-up in terms of what we were allowed to do at Cal. I they, that the sport that they have loved as a kid or even as think as the initial shutdown came down, we weren't able to adult, their priorities have changed, and we appreciate that.
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