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Bill
Agnes, we’re now in Los Angeles. And an Olympics is going on, and you’re watching some of the results of your work with many other things, many other people involved, but you had something to say about it.
What was it like to actually observe the Olympics? And you were living there with the Romanian delegation.
Agnes
There were two Olympic villages in LA, the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Our whole Romanian delegation was at USC. And what was so admirable to watch was how focused these athletes remain. I mean, they’re kids, they’re young people. They were so focused right up to the last minute of any competition, and then after the competition, they became themselves again.
At the time, like the Olympic athletes, I was giving this event everything I had. I was charged up right alongside them in preparing for each athletic event the Romanians were competing in. And then, suddenly, I was transitioning back to a more normal way of being physically and mentally.
This was extraordinary to experience in myself and observe among the athletes. I would go through these cycles of up and back down with each of the sports. Of course, I would attend a lot of the events and support them.
