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- My name is Nastia Liukin

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and I'm an Olympic gold
medalist in gymnastics

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and now a co-founder of a tech platform.

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I've gotten so lucky

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to be kind of like be mentored

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by Kobe Bryant and you know

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for him the success that he has now had

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after his career

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in the NBA has just
been like mind blowing.

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And one time specifically

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that really resonated with me

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when he kind of said ,

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"Like I'm sure so many people think of you

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"as just like that gymnast right?"

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And I was just like yeah all the time

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and he was like,

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"Same thing happens to me

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"you know you're just
a basketball player."

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And he has just proved
like the complete opposite

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and to me that is so inspiring.

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You know no matter what it is

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that he wants to do

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it's creating a film,

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winning an Oscar,

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every single thing that he's done

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it continues to inspire me

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to believe that anything truly is possible

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regardless of your background.

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Yes I would consider myself like an expert

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in gymnastics because I spent

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over 20 years doing it and I live

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and I breathe it still to this day.

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And I wouldn't necessarily
say the same thing

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for commentating or for being
in tech or being a founder.

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I'm still learning.

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Just to be able to see
somebody that has done

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so many incredible things

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both on the court but also off the court.

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And after his like first career

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and now see him be so successful

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in his second career inspires me.