Ohno: My father isolated me in a remote cabin to decide my future
Apolo Ohno · #90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize · Aug 18, 2020 · at 31:33
Apolo Ohno describes his father's intervention following his failure at the 1998 Olympic trials.
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“So my dad took me to this area about three and a half hours Southwest of downtown Seattle, and it's right on the Pacific ocean. This area he would take me to when, you know, when I was very young and we spent our holidays there and we used to rent this at the time. It was a very cheap kind of old rustic cabin. And this area was called Copalis beach. And he drops me off at this place, rented this cabin at the iron Springs resort, which has been redone and is really beautiful now. But this iron Springs resort And looks me in the eyes and tells me I'm not going to stay here with you. You are going to stay here alone and you are going to figure out the next step and path in your life. I am not going to help you in that decision. You have to make the decision on your own.”
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