Ryan Lochte: I Had Suicidal Thoughts After Rio Olympics | TODAY — Transcript

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1. 0:02ABOUT THAT STORY'S IMPACT AND HOW HE'S TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD
2. 0:05NOW. HERE'S JOE FRYER.
3. 0:07>> Reporter: FOR OLYMPIC SWIMMER, RYAN LOCHTE, THE ROAD
4. 0:09FROM RIO HAS BEEN A ROCKY ONE, FOLLOWING THE GAS STATION
5. 0:12SCANDAL THAT SHOOK THE 2016 SUMMER GAMES.
6. 0:15IN A NEW INTERVIEW WITH "ESPN" THE MAGAZINE, LOCHTE SAYS, AFTER
7. 0:20RIO, I WAS PROBABLY THE MOST HATED PERSON IN THE WORLD.
8. 0:22I WAS CRYING, THINKING IF I GO TO BED AND NEVER WAKE UP, FINE.
9. 0:26ASKED IF THAT MEANT HE WAS CONSIDERING SUICIDE, LOCHTE
10. 0:31NODDED, SAYING I WAS ABOUT TO HANG UP MY ENTIRE LIFE.
11. 0:34IT STEMMED FROM THE CONTROVERSY LAST AUGUST WHEN LOCHTE CLAIMED
12. 0:37HE AND THREE TEAMMATES WERE ROBBED AT GUN POINT AT A RIO GAS
13. 0:40STATION. >> AND A GUY PULLED OUT HIS GUN.
14. 0:44HE COCKED IT, PUT IT TO MY FOREHEAD.
15. 0:48>> Reporter: BUT IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE SWIMMERS VANDALIZED THE
16. 0:53GAS STATION AND WERE CONFRONTED BY SECURITY GUARDS AND TOLD TO
17. 0:57PAY FOR THE DAMAGE. LOCHTE APOLOGIZED IN AN
18. 1:01INTERVIEW WITH MATT. >> I OVERCHALLENGE WAITED THAT
19. 1:04STORY. >> Reporter: IN THE SCANDAL'S
20. 1:07WAKE, LOCHTE LOST SPONSORS AND WAS SUSPENDED FROM SWIMMING FOR
21. 1:10TEN MONTHS. THAT SUSPENSION ENDS JUNE 30th.
22. 1:14AND TODAY, THE SIX-TIME GOLD MEDALIST SAYS HE'S IN A BETTER
23. 1:18PLACE. HE IS ENGAGED AND THEY'RE
24. 1:20EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD THIS MONTH.
25. 1:23LOCHTE TELLS "ESPN," I FOUND A NEW PURPOSE WITH MY SON.
26. 1:27THIS FIRE HAS BEEN IGNITED AND IT'S BIGGER THAN EVER.
27. 1:30I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN TOKYO.
28. 1:33EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH OUT.
29. 1:35A REFERENCE TO 2020 WHEN LOCHTE TURNS 26 AND HOPES TO WIN MORE
30. 1:40OLYMPIC GOLD. FOR "TODAY" JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS,
31. 1:43LOS ANGELES. >> WE REMEMBER THE LAST WEEK OF
32. 1:45THE OLYMPICS. THAT WAS ALL ANYONE WAS TALKING
33. 1:47ABOUT. MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE OTHER
34. 1:50ATHLETES, OUT THERE COMPETING. >> THAT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO
35. 1:52SEE HOW A PERSON FELT IN THAT MOMENT WHEN IT FELT LIKE THE