Ryan Lochte shares NEW details about faith journey: ‘I’m on cloud nine’ — Transcript

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1. 0:06KAYLEIGH: LIKE MANY WHO REACHED
2. 0:07THE PINNACLE OF SUCCESS, SOME
3. 0:08FIND THAT THE VIEW FROM THE TOP
4. 0:09CAN STILL LEAVE YOU SEARCHING
5. 0:11FOR SOMETHING DEEPER.
6. 0:12RYAN LOCK CITY -- LOCK -- RYAN
7. 0:15LOCK I THINK IS A 12-TIME
8. 0:18OLYMPIC MEDAL ITSELF, HOLDS
9. 0:20MULTIPLE WORLD RECORDS.
10. 0:21BUT AFTER AFTER YEARS IN THE
11. 0:22PUBLIC EYE, HE, LIKE MANY
12. 0:25AMERICANS, HAD STRUGGLES.
13. 0:26AND THEY WERE AMPLIFIED ON A
14. 0:28GLOBAL SCALE BECAUSE HE WAS IN
15. 0:30THE SPOTLIGHT.
16. 0:31BUT THE WAY RYAN LOCHTE CHOSE TO
17. 0:33OVERCOME HIS HARPEDSHIPS WAS
18. 0:36BY -- HARDSHIPS WAS BY DIVING
19. 0:37INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF WATER.
20. 0:40HE SHARED A PROFOUND MOMENT OF
21. 0:43TRANSFORMATION.
22. 0:43HE WAS BAPTIZED AND HERE HE IS
23. 0:45MOMENTS BEFORE HIS REDEDICATION
24. 0:47TO JESUS CHRIST.
25. 0:48♪
26. 1:02♪
27. 1:04KAYLEIGH: HE POSTED PICTURES OF
28. 1:05THE BAPTISM WITH THE CAPTION,
29. 1:07QUOTE, OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH
30. 1:09THE NEW.
31. 1:10TODAY I START A NEW CHAPTER IN
32. 1:11MY LIFE.
33. 1:12I'M A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.
34. 1:14HE IS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT
35. 1:16NO MATTER HOW FAR WE FALL OR HOW
36. 1:18HEAVY BURDENS OF LIFE BECOME,
37. 1:20REDEMPTION IS ALWAYS WITHIN
38. 1:22REACH.
39. 1:22AND RYAN LOCHTE JOINS US NOW.
40. 1:24RYAN, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU.
41. 1:26CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE
42. 1:28WERE EXCITE ADDER FOR THIS
43. 1:31INTERVIEW.
44. 1:31-- EXCITED FOR THIS INTERVIEW.
45. 1:33WHAT LED TO THAT DECISION?
46. 1:34>> SO, BASICALLY -- WELL, THANK
47. 1:36YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.
48. 1:37SO BASICALLY, I GREW UP
49. 1:40CATHOLIC.
50. 1:40AND I KNEW THAT THERE'S GOD, BUT
51. 1:43I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY DIED ON
52. 1:45THE CROSS.
53. 1:46I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE
54. 1:47REALLY.
55. 1:48SO GROWING UP AND IT WASN'T
56. 1:51UNTIL 2023 WHEN I GOT IN A
57. 1:59NEAR-DEATH, FATAL CAR ACCIDENT
58. 2:00THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD,
59. 2:01AND I KNEW GOD WAS GIVING ME A
60. 2:03SECOND CHANCE.
61. 2:04AND I DIDN'T USE THAT TO MY
62. 2:05ADVANTAGE.
63. 2:06I WAS BEDRIDDEN, I FELL INTO
64. 2:10MAJOR DEPRESSION.
65. 2:11I TURNED TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
66. 2:14AND I WAS JUST NOT BEING THE
67. 2:18PERSON -- I LOST WHO I WAS.
68. 2:20AND IT WASN'T ABOUT, MILLION
69. 2:23ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I STARTED
70. 2:25GOING TO A NONDENOMINATIONAL
71. 2:28CHURCH WITH MY GIRLFRIEND,
72. 2:30MOLLY.
73. 2:30AND SHE WAS A WORSHIP LEADER,
74. 2:32AND I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID TO ASK
75. 2:34QUESTIONS GROWING UP ABOUT GOD.
76. 2:37AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T
77. 2:38WANT TO TO, LIKE, SEEM DUMB.
78. 2:40BUT SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND, SO --
79. 2:42AND SHE'S BEEN IN CHURCH, SHE'S
80. 2:45A WORSHIP LEADER, SO I TURNED TO
81. 2:47HER AND I'M, LIKE, EVERY SUNDAY
82. 2:48I'D JUST ASK HER QUESTIONS
83. 2:51NONSTOP.
84. 2:52AND SHE WOULD TELL ME EVERYTHING
85. 2:55ABOUT GOD, ABOUT JESUS, AND THEN
86. 2:57WE STARTED WATCHING THESE PEOPLE
87. 2:59GETTING BAPTIZED.
88. 3:01AND SOMETHING CAME INTO ME,
89. 3:04HIKE, SOMETHING SO PURE -- LIKE,
90. 3:06SOMETHING SO PURE.
91. 3:07I'M GOING TO START CRYING.
92. 3:08IT FELT SO REAL WATCHING THESE
93. 3:11PEOPLE GET BAPTIZED.
94. 3:12AND I ASKED HER, I WAS, LIKE,
95. 3:14WHAT IS THIS?
96. 3:16SHE'S, LIKE, THEY'RE WASHING
97. 3:17AWAY THEIR SINS.
98. 3:18THEY'RE GETTING A FRESH START
99. 3:19PUBLICLY.
100. 3:20AND I WAS, LIKE, HONEY, I WANT
101. 3:24THAT.
102. 3:24AND SO E GOT BAPTIZED, I WASHED
103. 3:28AWAY MY SINS AND, TRUST ME, I
104. 3:30HAD A LOT.
105. 3:30[LAUGHTER]
106. 3:31AND I WASHED AWAY MY SINS, AND
107. 3:34IT -- ME GOING TO CHURCH AND
108. 3:38FINDING THAT TO PUT YOUR LIFE IN
109. 3:40FRONT OF GOD AND GIVE IT TO GOD
110. 3:44HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME..
111. 3:46I'M FINDING WHO I AM.
112. 3:48I AM BEING A BETTER FATHER, A
113. 3:53BETTER PERSON, AND I JUST LOVE
114. 3:54THE PERSON THAT I'VE BECOME NOW.
115. 3:57AND I OWE IT TO GOD.
116. 3:59AND IT IS JUST AMAZING FEELING.
117. 4:02KAYLEIGH: RYAN, YOU'RE A --
118. 4:03>> I'M ON CLOUD NINE ALL THE
119. 4:06TIME NOW.
120. 4:07KAYLEIGH: THAT'S JOY.
121. 4:10YOUR EMOTION GIVES ME MOTION,
122. 4:11AND I KNOW THAT'S THE HOLY
123. 4:13SPIRIT MOVING IN BOTH OF US.
124. 4:15I MEAN, I WATCHED YOU AND
125. 4:17MICHAEL PHELPS, AND YOU HAVE THE
126. 4:19THIRD MOST OLYMPIC MEDALS IN THE
127. 4:20HISTORY OF LIMB PICK SWIMMING,
128. 4:22AND THAT -- OF OLYMPIC SWIMMING.
129. 4:25IT'S AMAZING.
130. 4:26WHAT DO YOU VIEW THOSE MEDALS AS
131. 4:29IN LIGHT OF THIS RECOGNITION
132. 4:30THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE ACHIEVE
133. 4:32IN LIFE, THERE'S SOMETHING SO
134. 4:33MUCH BIGGER SOMEHOW DO YOU VIEW
135. 4:35THOSE MEDALS NOW?
136. 4:37>> WELL, THOSE MEDALS ARE IN,
137. 4:39LIKE, A SOCK DRAWER.
138. 4:41[LAUGHTER]
139. 4:42I NEVER SWAM JUST TO GET A GOLD
140. 4:44MEDAL.
141. 4:45I SWAM BECAUSE I WANTED THE
142. 4:46PROVE TO MYSELF THAT I COULD
143. 4:48BECOME THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
144. 4:50AND THE MEDALS ARE JUST THE
145. 4:53ICING ON THE CAKE.
146. 4:54FOR ME, IT WAS THE JOURNEY, THE
147. 4:56FRIENDSHIP, THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT
148. 4:58I HAD, LIKE, BETWEEN ME MICHAEL
149. 5:02PHELPS, THINGS I'M GOING TO
150. 5:03CHERISH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
151. 5:05THE JOURNEY WAS THE THING THAT I
152. 5:06REMEMBER THE MOST.
153. 5:07IT WASN'T ABOUT THE MEDALS.
154. 5:09THAT'S THE ICING ON THE CAKE.
155. 5:11KAYLEIGH: ABSOLUTELY.
156. 5:12RYAN, I WANT TO -- BEFORE WE GO,
157. 5:14I REALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR
158. 5:16NEW POSITION AT MISSOURI STATE.
159. 5:17TELL ME ABOUT IT.
160. 5:19>> OH, MY GOSH.
161. 5:20IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.
162. 5:21SO I'VE TO BEEN COACHING, LIKE,
163. 5:24I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THERE IS TO
164. 5:25DO IN THE SPORT OF SWIMMING AS A
165. 5:28SWIMMER.
166. 5:28AND I FOUND OUT, LIKE, I LOVE
167. 5:31GIVING BACK.
168. 5:32I LOVE HELPING THE YOUNGER
169. 5:34GENERATION NOW.
170. 5:35AND I HAVE THIS EYE, THIS
171. 5:38SPECIAL EYE THAT I CAN HELP WITH
172. 5:41NOT JUST IN THE SWIMMING POOL,
173. 5:42OUTSIDE OF THE SWIMMING POOL
174. 5:44BECAUSE LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, I'VE
175. 5:46REACHED THE HIGHEST OF HIGHS,
176. 5:47AND I'VE ALSO FELL STRAIGHT TO
177. 5:49THE BOTTOM.
178. 5:50AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET MYSELF
179. 5:52BACK UP.
180. 5:53SO THIS IS SO MUCH LEARNING --
181. 5:56SO MUCH LEARNING THAT I CAN GIVE
182. 5:58THESE KIDS AND HELP THEM OUT ON
183. 5:59THEIR JOURNEY.
184. 6:00AND I JUST -- I'VE BEEN
185. 6:02COACHING, I'VE BEEN DOING SWIM
186. 6:04CLINICS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF
187. 6:05YEARS, AND I JUST HAVE -- I
188. 6:07FOUND THAT PASSION THAT I HAD
189. 6:08ONCE FOR SWIMMING, THAT FIRE.
190. 6:10NOW I HAVE IT FOR BEING A COACH.
191. 6:13AND NOW I HAVE A NEW TRAJECTORY
192. 6:17OF WANTING TO TO BECOME THE BEST
193. 6:19COACH IN THE WORLD.
194. 6:20KAYLEIGH: I LOVE THAT.
195. 6:21>> AND WE'RE MOVING TO MISSOURI,
196. 6:23ME AND THE FAMILY, AND THIS JOB
197. 6:26OPENED UP AT MISSOURI STATE, AND
198. 6:28I WAS, LIKE, I GOTTA TAKE THIS.
199. 6:31DAVE COLLINS IS A WONDERFUL
200. 6:32COACH.
201. 6:33HE'S DONE AMAZING JOB WITH THEIR
202. 6:35PROGRAM, SO I'M GOING TO BE
203. 6:37COACHING, LEARNING UNDER HIM.
204. 6:39AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
205. 6:41POWERHOUSE.
206. 6:42AND I LOVE IT.
207. 6:44KAYLEIGH: RYAN LOCHTE, I
208. 6:45LITERALLY CHEERED YOU ON FROM MY
209. 6:47COUCH, AND IT IS SUCH A HUMBLING
210. 6:49AND HONORING EXPERIENCE TO SPEAK
211. 6:50WITH YOU.
212. 6:51I'M SO MOVED BY THIS INTERVIEW.