Jeremy Bloom
Jeremy Bloom
Jeremy Bloom is the only athlete in history to ever ski in the Winter Olympics and also be drafted into the National Football League. As a skier, he is a three-time World Champion, two-time Olympian, and eleven time World Cup Gold Medalist. He became the youngest freestyle skier in history to be inducted into the United States Skiing Hall of Fame in 2013. He won a record six straight World Cup events, the most in a single season in the...
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With football, it's the unknown right now. It's like there's that last missing block. Kind of like, 'What if? Make it? Not make it?' I need to answer that question.
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There would be 80,000 people screaming at a football game.
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Could it be more beneficial for me to be skiing? Maybe, but that's not what I want to do right now. I love being in the gym, I love doing plyometrics, I love running routes, I love catching the football.
Competitively, I feel like I've done it in skiing,
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To me its just looking inside myself and pushing myself to the extreme and pushing the limits that s inside of me ? just trying to get the fuel and fire to train harder.
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Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most attention and has the most pressure, and that's what I've been really missing. A lot of people love to ski in this country, but it's primarily a recreational sport and that's the way people view it. Competitive skiing is not really on the radar here.
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I'm humbled to be here, and I'm very excited. The sport of football has been a huge passion of mine ever since I can remember walking. Unfortunately, it was taken from me by the NCAA. But they're not in the building today, and I'm ready to get started.
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I don't know the correct way to classify the feeling I had after I wasn't playing football anymore. There are 5,000 fans watching on a good day in skiing. In football, it's 16 games a year and it's bigger than the Olympics as far as the fans. It was something I really missed doing.
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Catching the football for me is instinctual. I've been catching the football and I can catch the football. That's natural for me and that's not a problem. My speed, I'll continue to get faster and I'll continue to get stronger.
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Obviously, I wanted to win the gold medal. But not everyone can reach the pinnacle of your career on the last day you compete. Not everyone can go out like John Elway.
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One thing that I feel like I have been able to do is transition between those two sports very easily.
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To a certain point I feel like competitively I've done it all, looking back on everything with a smile on my face. Football is the missing block. Make it? Don't make it? I need to find that out.
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I've had more success in this sport than I ever dreamed possible. It's just been an amazing ride and I don't think a medal here would have affected that at all.
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Oh man, I'm on top of the world. I dreamed big as a kid, but I never dreamed that in a span of one week, I'd be competing in the Olympics and at the NFL combine.