- Well, as the Olympics approached,

we all thought SimoneBiles would earn the Gold

to further cement herselfas the greatest gymnast

in history, the GOAT, aswe like to refer to her,

greatest of all time,

but that didn't happen after Biles quit

in the middle of the all-aroundwomen's gymnastics final.

After a disastrously badvault in the first rotation

on Tuesday, she pulled herselfout of the competition,

citing a lack of focus causedby mental health concerns.

So obviously, Gordon, immediatelyafter this hit the news,

I mean, it was literally everywhere,

there was either praise for her,

but then there was also criticism.

A lot of people called her a quitter.

A lot of people said thatshe let her country down.

I mean, shouldn't we be supporting her

for actually saying,

"Hey, I need to take a break."

And she wasn't afraid tosay that she needed help.

- I've been on an airplane.

They give you the what happens

when things are gonna go bad.

And they always say that

when you see that oxygen mask drop down,

put it on yourself first,

before you try to help somebody else.

And I think we should applaud her.

She took care of herself.

If you are not taking care of yourself,

you're no good to anybody else.

You're certainly no good to your team

if you say, "I'm not focused here,

I'm an elite athlete andmy mind is not in it."

And so we should applaud her

'cause she's putting theteam ahead of herself

by saying I'm not fitto compete right now.

It's time for me to take a backseat

and I'll cheer you guys on.

- And that's exactly what she did.

And I know she had also said she knew

she didn't want to risk a medal

for the entire team becauseshe wasn't feeling herself.

So really, I mean, she did it for herself,

but she also did it for her team.

So, and then in a statementto the Associated Press,

Biles said,

"We also have to focus on ourselves

because at the end ofthe day, we're human too.

We have to protect our mind and our body

rather than just go out there

and do what the world wants us to do."

So do you think her opennesswill pay it forward for many?

- Well, I think it'sincredible what she's done.

And I think it's a greathelp for the whole culture,

for someone on an elite stage

who is the greatest of all time

to say, "I'm having some issues right now

and I need to focus on me."

I think it gives everyonethe freedom to say,

"Well, I need to take care of myself."

And that's not a selfish decision.

It can sound that way andyou can be criticized for it.

But you know, it's askey as the loving others

as you love yourself.

If you aren't, if you don't like yourself,

if you don't love yourself,you can't love anybody else.

So have the courage to say,

"I need some self care andI need to seek out help.

And I need to have a communityaround me that supports me."

- And I know they also did some interviews

and they asked formerOlympian, Michael Phelps,

who has been very honestabout his mental health,

and he said that he wasdiagnosed with depression

during his whole Olympictrial and everything.

So I think, you know,

he obviously is in major support of her.

And there was also a documentary

that came out called The Weight of Gold,

where they talk to several Olympians

who have struggled withmental health issues

because of the weight that they feel

in representing their country

and needing to be perfect

and what happens if theydon't, it's, you know,

I think we forget that they're human.

- I think for any athlete on any stage,

the pressure to perform,the pressure to be perfect,

to not make any mistakes is enormous.

And you know, it's 90%of the game is mental.

You know, you do yourpart physically, to train,

but it's the mental ability that gets you

to that elite status.

And I don't think peopleunderstand the cost,

particularly for the Olympics

where you compete every four years

and you spend fouryears, or in many cases,

your entire life to thatpoint to prepare for that.

- For one moment.

- In gymnastics, I mean,

these days you're startingchildren, age five, age six,

just imagine the pressure of that,

the whole lifetime ofpreparation to that moment.

- Yeah, do you think that she'll come back

for the next Olympics?

- Well, I'm actually hopingshe'll come back sooner.

Isn't there more competitionthat she's eligible for?

- I think she dropped out completely.

- Completely?- Yeah, I think so.

Her teammate, the US didget Gold, so that's awesome,

but it wasn't Simone, it was her teammate,

and she was right there onthe sidelines cheering her on,

which I think is really cool.

'Cause she could have just went home.

Bye guys, I'm going back to the States,

but she stayed there andcheered on her other teammates.

- Oh yeah, she wascheering from the stance.

She even took off her mask,

so her voice could, you know.

So yeah.

- Yeah.

I hope she comes back. I do.