Terin Humphrey Interview
April 9, 2008 by northernriver
Because you all know how much I love her…
Inside Gymnastics interviewed Terin by cell phone. Part II of the interview will come later.
I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. There is so much that I’m so proud of. But I think the biggest thing is that I stuck around for almost 20 years to begin with. I was gonna’ be done after the Olympics. I WANTED to be done, actually…
There are six girls every four years [that make it to the Olympics]. It is basically impossible to get where I was. [Since I did make it,] it’s hard for me to say if it would have been worth it. At this point, I think so. [Four years ago?] Who knows? …
It’s hard to believe it’s been four years. But I’m reminded every day that, wow, I DID go the Olympics. I’ve got my [Olympic rings] tattoo, so I see that every day. And people almost every day say to me, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re the Olympian.’ I don’t really forget.
It was all really hard. Really tiring. But seeing my flag being raised—second place or not—was so cool. To see it being raised, at the Olympics; that was a dream come true.
Go Terin. Roll Tide.
