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Five-time Olympian and three-time Olympic gold medal winner, Shaun White joins Dan Patrick on The Dan Patrick Show. He confirms he is retired after his final appearance in Beijing, and they talk about the start of his illustrious career and how influential and supportive Tony Hawk was. He is honored to be recognized by legends like Tom Brady and David Beckham after his official retirement. He shares the story of how he rushed off to the Super Bowl as soon as he got back from China. Lastly, he talks about his experience at the Olympics this year and how different things are with the COVID restrictions, and he reacts to his own emotional reaction after his final run.
Dan Patrick: “Have you seen yourself after you’ve had that run and how emotional you were?”
Shaun White: “I watched a bit of it, yeah. I can’t watch it without getting emotional. I guess I was told when I was a kid that this day would come. And hey, it’s the inevitable, you’ll get to a point where either you can’t ride, or the tricks get too heavy, or something, some sign will happen and you’ll retire. Just to be actually living that moment that I’d heard about and never really thought about until it really happened...yeah, it was moving. And a lot of the competitors had lined up at the bottom and came and gave me a hug, and told me what it meant to them that I was there competing with them, and what I’ve meant to them for their careers...”