Gold & Silver

[Jolly]

So she took a job for $12/hr.

https://fortune.com/2024/08/22/us-olympic-gold-medalist-track-star-went-from-200000-a-year-sponsorship-to-12-an-hour-internship/

[taiwan_girl]

Seems like she is pretty realistic and honest. As she said:

“I had a 10-year career, so it set me up better than the average person by the time I was 30. But it also didn’t give me the income to kick my feet up forever and never have to do anything again.”

and

“I was behind the ball because I was 30 years old and just starting, whereas I had friends who were already doctors and lawyers and well into their careers,” she added. “I spent all of my 20s competing, so I felt kind of insecure that I didn’t have any real work knowledge.”

Unless you are a super duper star like Simone Biles or Michael Phelps, it is tough to make a career as an athlete.

[Jolly]

Phelps has to make good money to feed all of his kids...