"( clanging )" "(musicplaying)" "Commentator:" "DiverGregLouganis-- reversetwoandone half somersault." "Commentator #2:" "Somesay"Lou-gannis" andsomesay"Lou-gainis."" "Whatisit ?" "Commentator #3:" "Andherehe is-- GregLouganis,16 yearsold ." "Interviewer:" "Greg,youreallyhave thedivingworldatyour feet ." "I realize it's no fluke." " Do you realize it's no fluke?" " Uh..." " ( whistle blows )" " Commentator #4:" "ButI 'lltellya , here'sa youngman tobereckonedwith." "Commentator #5:" "Nobody has allofwhatGreghas." "Heistheconsummate diver." "Commentator #6:" "Mechanically, he's one of the soundest divers I'veeverseen, butdiving issuchamentalsport andit'sjustawfullytough toputit alltogether." "Commentator #7:" "Everybody'swondering," ""Well,whenis thiskid  gonnafalter?"" "(phonelineringing)" "Recording:" "Thankyouforcalling BankofAmerica." "Weareadebtcollector." "Wehavemultipleloans onrecord." "Areyoucalling aboutyouractiveloan?" "Yes." "Wasthatayes ?" " Commentator:" "Yes!" " ( crowd cheering )" "Commentator #2:" "Whatanathlete." "Commentator #3:" "Everyoneagrees hehasperfectform inoneof themost demandingindividualevents in the world of sport-- diving." "Female commentator:" "Bestdiverin theworld." "Thebestdiver inthehistoryofdiving." "Commentator #4:" "Whenyouthinkofdiving, onenamecomestomind , andthat's GregLouganis." "(overlappingvoices) GregLouganis." "GregLouganis." "GregLouganis isyourgoldmedalwinner!" "(musicplaying)" "(crowdcheering, applauding)" "Announcer:" "Well,ladiesandgentlemen, ourgrandmarshal," "Olympicgoldmedalist, weallknow," "GregLouganis!" "Consideredthegreatestdiver inAmericanhistory." "Duringhisdivingcareer, hewonan unprecedented 47national, 13worldchampionships, includingtwogoldmedals in1984 andonesilverin' 76 ." " A real Olympian." " Yeah." " No fake ones here." " Hold on, we're taking lots of pictures." "Louganis:" "WhoisGregLouganis?" "What kind of question is that?" "Who is Greg Louganis?" "Who is Greg Louganis?" "I don't know." "It'sinteresting because I know that if you talk aboutOlympicdiving thenmynameistheone thatcomesup ." "ButI 'vebeenabsent fromdiving for, gosh, close to 20 years." "Female reporter:" "Doyourememberfour-time" "Olympicgolddivingchampion GregLouganis?" "Well,nowtheremay be anewreasontorecallhim." "Barbara Walters:" "Youwerein the1988Olympics." "You hit your head and there may have been blood in the water." " Mm-hmm." " Why were you terrified?" "Louganis:" "Because..." "I was HIV positive." "Oprah Winfrey:" "Soovertheyears, hasthesecretofbeinggay and HIV positive exhausted you?" "What now, Greg?" "Who knows?" "Who knows what's around the corner?" "( barking )" "(dooropens)" "(doorcloses)" "Okay." "Louganis:" "Everybodythinksthat..." "I'mfinanciallysecure, andI 'mnot." "They'llsay,youknow, "Oh,anOlympicgoldmedal isworthmillions."" "You know, that's not the reality." "That really isn't the reality." "IfeellikeI'vebeen coming fromsuchadesperateplace because, I mean, I, you know, haven't made a mortgage payment since October of 2010." "I'msellingall ofmybelongings justtomakeendsmeet ." "Iputalot ofmystuff  onauction." "Meanwhile, Iwastryingtowork  withthebank totryto remodify mymortgage, but they told me that I had to default on the loan before they can sit down and talk with me." "SoI 'vebeenwaiting andwaitingandwaiting." "I'vebeenin thishouse for27years." "27yearsis alongtime ." "That was the first thing that I really wanted to do, was have a home because that was a sense of security for me and it was a symbol of stability." "( clanging )" "Louganis:" "WhenI firstgothere, Ifeltthathouse was very reflective of who I was because you drive onto the property, you'relooking ata verymodest one-storyhouse." "Wewalkedaroundthe back andit'slike,"Oh ,myGod,  there'sa downstairs."" "I was like, "Okay, this is it." "This is my dream house."" "So I do wanna do everything in my power to try and keep it." "Announcer:" "Today,theOlympicflag isflyinghigh." "Thisisthelasttime  ourdiversaregoingtobe  seeingthatflag untiltheyget toMontreal,Canada." "We'regoingto see somereallyspectaculardiving heretoday." "Andhereis GregLouganis." "I've been working hard for this and this is my first Olympic trials andI hopeIdowell ." "Commentator:" "He'scurrentlyin firstplace." "Canhekeepit?" "Commentator #2:" "Oh,yeah,he 'llget10s  allthewayacross." "Commentator:" "Wehaveseensomething thatwehavenot seen," "Idon'tthink, in50years, amanqualifyinginboth  springboardandplatform." "Anditis GregLouganis, coachedbythegreat SammyLee." "HewontwoOlympicgold medals fromtheplatformhimself." "You can't make a racehorse out of a jackass." "You had a racehorse and all you had to do was get him on the starting block and he could do it." "Iwasamember ofthePresident'sCouncil onPhysicalFitnessand Sports and they sent me to observe the Junior Olympics at the Air Force Academy." "AndI saw this10-year-oldboydiving." "And I said, "There potentially is the greatest diver in the history of our sport if he wants to be."" "WhenGreg'sfathercalledme andaskedwhetherIwould coachhisson, it was music to my ears." "Andhedrovehim up everyweekend." "With my dad, it was kind of a love-hate because there was a bit of a resentment because all of a sudden now he's interested." "IwasadoptedwhenIwas  eightandahalfmonths." "Mymomalwaysshowedme unconditionallove." "Iknewthatshe lovedme andshecaredaboutme, butmydadwas always ratherstandoffishto me ." "Ialwaysfeltthattherewas apriceon everything, especiallytheprice onhislove." "Ihadafew tapes thatplayedin my head growingup." "Youknow, Iwasadopted." "Myrealparents didn'twantme ." "Myskinwasdarker thantherestofthekids atmyschool." "Itwasaregularoccurrence gettingbeatup ." "Igotcalled alotof names-- nigger,sissyboy, faggot,retard." "Ihadaverydifficulttime withreading andI foundoutlater thatI wasdyslexic." "Iremember Iturnedto my mom andI said," ""Icanunderstandhow aperson candieof sadness."" "Imean,as akid ,you know, youjustwannabeaccepted." "SowhenIwas competing indiving," "Ihadto be thebest." "Ifeltthatitwas theonlythingthatIhad  tooffer." "Therewerealot ofseconds andthirds." "Itmadean Olympicgoldmedal thatmuchmoreimportant." "Commentator:" "Here is the boy who'sexcitedeveryone inClevelandtoday" "GregLouganis." "He'sjustso beautiful." "Evenifhe getsitwrong, helooksbeautiful." " Do you think you can win the gold?" " I don't know." "I hope so." "Well, if it isn't this time, it'll be sometime, I'm sure of that." "Good luck." "Lee:" "Iinvitedhim tolivewithme because I wanted him to beat Klaus Dibiasi of Italy." "Commentator:" "Dibiasiisthecurrent worldchampion andtheplatformdive goldmedalwinner inthelasttwo Olympics." "Lee:" "IwantedGreg topreventKlausDibiasi frombreakingmy record ofwinning two consecutive gold medals." "Commentator:" "Ihopethathe's ina semicoma andallhe thinksabout isthedive andnotthesignificance ofthechampionship." " ( whistle blows )" " Louganis:" "His dream becamemydream." "Itwasmy coach'shonor." "AndI wasjustsuchakid ,  soI wastryingnot to embarrassmyself." "Commentator:" "GregLouganiswilllead thequalifiers." "Keepinmind,however, allthescorespriortonow arethrownout." "They'llstartoveragain andyouwillsee all the 10 divescomingup ." "What everyone's looking forward to in the tower final here tomorrow night is the tussle between the 16-year-old American youth Louganis and 28-year-old defending champion Klaus Dibiasi." "Commentator #2:" "Comingtoyouliverightnow withGregLouganis." "Commentator #3:" "Generallyhisbestdive" " and he's gonna havetodo it here." " ( whistle blows )" " Commentator #3:" "Oh, way over!" " ( crowd groans )" "Commentator #2:" "I don't know what happened-- all of a sudden justbeforetheentry." "Thatcosthim agoldmedal." "Commentator #3:" "It'sjustashamethat Greg  couldn'tdothatdive thewayhe didit yesterday." "Well, I was upset because I like to win." "I don't like to lose." "Commentator #2:" "GregLouganiswinsthe silver, buttheoldveteran, KlausDibiasi, hasmade Olympichistorytonight." "Commentator #4:" "GregLouganis... he'sstillwaiting inthewingsjustabit ." "Louganis:" "Iwenttheretowin andthenwhen Ifellshortofthat , Ifeltlikeafailure." "Everybodyelsearoundme wascelebrating." "Iwasasophomore inhighschool." "I was thinking, "Who would ever understand me?"" "You know, what I was going through, what I was feeling." "Interviewer:" "Doyouknowatonepoint  thatyou'respecial?" "Doyouknowatonepoint  thatyou'rebetterthan everybodyelse?" "When you came back to school after Montreal, did the kids, the classmates, tell you how good you were?" "No, I think I got the reverse." "You know, all these big, macho football players and all," "I was taking some of the limelight from them." "And, you know, they resented that." "They didn't like that one bit, so, you know, I'm just..." "It was-- it was rough." "It was rough." "Louganis:" "Thefocusis just, youknow,trying-- tryingtomakeendsmeet ." "I'm thinking, "Get a job, get a job, get a job."" "Idohavetomake  aliving." "AfterI retiredfromdiving, Ididexhibitions," "Ididcommercials, speakingengagements, personalappearances andthengotintoacting." "Sometimesyouhave arealgoodmonth." "Sometimes you have nothing." "You know?" "And I've lived through the nothings a lot." "ThereasonwhyIgottheRV  afewyearsago  wasbecause wewerepreparing fortheworst." "Wethoughtthebankswouldbe actinga lotfaster, youknow, intheforeclosureprocess." "It'shardto findaplace withfourdogs." "So,atleastwecanlive intheRV ." "I don't know that I-- that I wanna live out of my RV, but, you know, at least it's there." "You know, just looking for opportunities." "(chatter)" "Announcer:" "Ladiesandgentlemen, abigBostonwelcome" " for Greg Louganis!" " ( crowd cheering, applauding)" "Folks,wewill remindyouguysagain, we'resohappy thatyou'vejoinedus outhereforthis, theRedBull cliffdivingevent inBoston." "Announcer:" "Fine,solidentry onthatone." "Andlet'ssee whatthejudges areliking." "And,yeah,theydolike it." "Sevenandahalfsandeights." " But are you guys havinga greattime?" " ( crowd cheering )" " Are you guys having agreattime?" " Man:" "Yes!" "Louganis:" "Theshowmustgoon." "Even though there was a lot of personal turmoil that was going on, youknow, Idomy job." "Andthat'sto be on  andinfrontofall thesepeople." "RedBullis payingme for,youknow,judging andbeingtheretomeet  andgreetthefans." " Can I have an autograph, please?" " Sure." "What's your name?" " Julian." " Julian." "Louganis:" "Inyourmind you'recontemplating," ""Okay,nowwhat's mynextstep?"" " You're a great American." "Always been a fan of yours." " Thank you." "Thank you." "Thanks, thanks." "Would it be possible to get you to say, "Good luck to Boston Area Divers"" "with the Boston skyline in the back?" "Or is that too much?" "Louganis:" "Itisinteresting becauseafter25 years, theystillremember." "But,youknow, forallof theseyears," "Ididn'tfeelwelcome indiving, you know, whether it be jealousies or whatever it was... homophobia-- I don't know." "Iretiredfromdiving whenI was28 ." "Makingthattransition, youknow,wastough." "Ithinkthething thatI missmostindiving istheregularity ofa schedule andthatdevotiontobeing physicallyactive." "Andalsonothaving tothink,youknow, because my coach was telling me whatI neededto do ." "Reallifedoesn'twork thatway." "Louganis:" "I'djustliketosee moreandmoreyoungpeople get involved in diving as a sport." "The important thing is be careful, be cautious." "Wheneveryou'rediving, youshouldalwaysknow howdeepit is ." "Thekindof competitivediving Idorequiresyears oftraining under the supervision of a great coach like Ron O'Brien." "Woman:" "Wow,whatkind ofstaminadoesittake  to go off this repeatedly?" "I mean, the pounding must be terrific on the body." " Well, it is hard." " Yeah." "You hit the water at about 32 miles an hour." "Andatthatspeed itcanbe prettypunishing." "Louganis:" "WhenI firstwenttohim,  hewasthegod ofdiving." "Youknow, Iworshippedhim." "Ronis--is theone  whogotme ." "Heknew thatI wasaperformer." "WhenI knewthatIwas ingoodshape, he'd say, "Just keep dancing."" "It's like, "Okay, doing pretty good, so,youknow,justgotta keeptheflowgoing."" "O'Brien:" "I've never had adiverwiththe amount ofnaturalability" " that Greg has." " ( whistle blows )" "It'shisbodybuild, whichisverystraight andsymmetrical." "It'shisstrength andpower." "Heisabletocreate theillusion thatwhathe 'sdoing hasnoefforttoit whatsoever." "I could've stood on the poolside and said," ""Nicedive,nicedive, gooddive,nicedive"" "alldaylong becausetheyallwere." "SoI realized thatI hadto demand alittlemorefromhim thanI did fromtheothers." "Louganis:" "HeknewthatIneeded tobechallenged andhewascreativeenough tofigureout howhecouldchallengeme." "Not just medals, not just national titles." "Hestartedchallengingme withperformancegoals." "I was so excited about, you know," ""gosh, breaking 700 on 10 meter platform."" "O'Brien:" "Itriedto coachhim  nottodo gooddives orverygooddives, but to do as close to perfect as you can get." "Announcer:" "Lookatthis." "GregLouganis scoresperfect10s." "Announcer #2:" "Andinfirstplace, fromMissionViejo," " Mr. Greg Louganis..." " ( cheering, applause ) ...coachedbyRonO'Brien." "Interviewer:" "It'sa yearlaternow  anda yearcloser totheOlympicGames." "May I add a little pressure and tell you we're all looking forward to you winning the Olympic gold?" " I'm sorry." " ( laughs ) Sure." " Good luck." " Thank you very much." "O'Brien:" "By 1980 attheOlympictrials," "Gregwonbothspringboard andtheplatform andwasprepared tocollect thegoldmedal thathedidn'tget in1976 ." "And then, as most everybody knows, the Russians invaded Afghanistan." "And I have notified the Olympic Committee that with Soviet invading forces in Afghanistan, neither the American people nor I will support sending an Olympic team to Moscow." "O'Brien:" "Ahotdog ontheWhiteHouselawn  anda handshake fromPresidentCarter didn'tquitedo it  because he did-- he did want that gold medal around his neck." "Inretrospect, Ifeeltheathletes reallygotcheated." "Louganis:" "HadI gonein 1980, hadI beensuccessful, Iprobablywould'vemovedon." "Diving was something I was good at." "It wasn't something I was particularly enjoying at the time." "Greg, that last one was really good, but if you want a chance to get 10s on that dive, you're gonna have to get your right arm up a little higher..." "O'Brien:" "Excellenceissuch anobsessivepursuit ofa goal..." " All right." " ...that it transcends everythingelsein life." "Louganis:" "Itwasastrangetime forme." "Ibecamemuchmore introverted andI directedallmytime  andenergyintodiving." "AndI think thatenabledme  tobecomethebest." "Ithinkit was ahindrance as far as being able to relate to other people because I didn't take an interest." "O'Brien:" "Ina sportlikediving, you can feel pretty isolated and alone." "You're out there in this little Speedo." "Youcan'tsay, "Well,hedidn'tpassme theball"or whatever." "It'stotallyup to you." "Sowhenyouhavesomebody thatyoutrust, that you can-- you can lean on... ithelpsto diffuse thatfeelingof isolation." "(chatter)" "Greg Louganis captured America's attention in the 1980s with his picture-perfect dives and good looks." "SincetheSeoulgames in1988, hehaslargelyremained outofthedivingspotlight." " Male anchor:" "But he's back." " Reporter:" "Yes, he is back." "TheSouthernCalifornian manycallthebestdiverever hasjoinedUSADiving asa mentor." " We're excited." "We've got London and..." " Yeah." " And now you know what to do." " Yeah." "He's a good businessman." "When Steve Foley became high performance director of USA Diving, he came to the house andhesaid, "Howdowe getyou back involvedindiving?"" "And I, like, looked at him and I said, "Ask."" "And he said, "You've never been asked?"" "I said, "No, nor have I felt welcome."" "(chatter)" "Steve said that he can't do anything... about the past, but we can move forward." "Sothenwe startedtalking aboutwhatIhad tooffer." "Andwhatwe cameupwith  wasmentoring." "SoI havetaken thatchance ofputtingmyself backinvolvedin diving, sharingmyexperience, sharingwhatIlearned." "Foley:" "Gregletsthemknow everything-- how to think about performance, not outcomes." "And it's actually a great key to success, we hope, for the future of our Olympic divers." " Man:" "Three." " Foley:" "Who better than thegreatestof alltime togiveus hiswisdom?" "I don't see things oftentimes the same way a coach would see it." "When it comes down to it, it's really not about numbers." " Like, it's that moment in time, you know?" " Nick McCrory:" "Yeah." "Iwasjustwondering 'cause,youknow,you learn how to deal with the scope and everything." "You deserve to be there." "Yeah, you really have to step into it and own it and say, "You know what?" "Today is my day and I'm here, present, and it'll be what it'll be."" "Louganis:" "It'llcometo you." "I'm making a lot of changes, which is making it hard," " but I don't wanna give" " You wanna learn everything, like, now, okay?" "But you learn in layers, and then comes another layer, and then comes another layer." "Imean, that'showwe learn." "I remember back at the last Olympic we didn't have Greg at all involved with diving." "Ithinkit kindof hinderedit." "Itdefinitelyhelps everysinglediver becauseoftheexperience thathebringsfromhispast." "Louganis:" "Olympiansaren't madeovernight." "That was what my life was and what I was dedicated to." "WhenI wasgrowingup,  youknow, Iaskedmy mom, youknow," ""Whycan'tIbenormal?" (chuckles)" "Youknow,like,do- - dothethingsthat normalkidsdo ." "Youknow, it's--it'slonely." "Youmissoutona lot." "Youknow, I'mhavingmy doubts." "Idon'tknowifit--  if it was really all worth it." "O'Brien:" "You know, myconcernthrough thewholeperiodoftime  wasthatIknewhewasgonna quitdivingsometime andhe'sgotlife afterdiving." "AndI wantedhimtogo outofthesport withsome-- withvalues andfeelgood abouthimself." "I made a commitment to him to help him out." "So I" " I started to get into his moods... say, "What'sthematter,Greg?"" ""Nothing." "Nothing."" "Louganis:" "Imightbe described asmoody during,youknow, thoseyears becauseI wouldwithdraw andI wouldn't" "Icouldn'tarticulate whatI wasgoingthrough." "Duringthattime, Imean," "Iwasin denial ofmysexuality." "Backin'76, Iwashangingout  withSovietdivers becausetheywerecloser tomyage." "Itwasn'treally anything." "It may have been a little bit more than that, but, you know, 'cause I was kind of attracted to one of the Soviet divers." "Butsomeof my teammates were calling me the Commie fag." "It was a small team and so nobody wanted to room with the fag." "Kent Ferguson:" "Irememberkindofsitting inoneof thosemeetings and people going, "Well... you know, I'm not gonna room with Greg" or whatever." "I was just like, "Screw it, you guys." "Are you kidding me?" " Come on." "Whatever."" " Yeah." "And then I think that's when you and I started rooming together" " more and more andjust..." " Louganis:" "Yeah." " Yeah." " Ferguson:" "That was totally" " BTF Club." "Remember, it was the BTF Club, which is the Beat the Fag Club." " Beat the Fag Club." " Oh, my gosh, I do remember that, yeah." "Ferguson:" "I remember coming out of our dorm rooms and you're looking at the doors and seeing these signs" "BTF Club, BTF Club all the way through." "And you're like, "That's Beat the Fag Club."" "Yeah." "And just thinking, "God, if this is what being gay is about and, you know, the-- the best diver in the world is going through all this and I'm just me, what's gonna happen to me, you know?" "You know, it's that whole thing." "You were at the top." "And people do whatever they do to, you know, try to" "Well, if they can't beat you on the boards, they try and beat you off the boards." "Exactly, but, you know" "I know it's all speculation, but had I come out while I was diving," "I think in the media" "I would have been the gay athlete, the gay diver, you know?" "And that would be the headline." "But the truth of it is, is, like, you're a diver, you're, you know-- you're a son," " you're-- it's a part ofwhowe are." " Yeah." " You know?" " It's-- yeah, and just a part." "Who you love is who you love." "You know, you're here, you're gonna dive, you're gonna compete and this is what you do, but" " It'll be nice when it's a nonissue." " Clark:" "Yeah." "( conversation continues indistinctly )" "Louganis:" "Atthattime, everybodyinthedivingworld knewabout mysexualorientation." "But,I mean, itwasn'twithout-- youknow,likethe names thattheycalledRon 'steam" "MissionGay, FortLauderdaleFlamers, youknow, thatsortof thing." "O'Brien:" "My feeling was you don't choose tobegay,you 'regay ." "Idon'tchoose tobeheterosexual, I'mheterosexual." "The first time I met Jim, I think it was at a bar." "Ithinkit was theBoomBoomRoom orsomethinglikethat." "He could be quite charming." "Ithinkinitially, Iwasrelievedina way,  excitedthatthisguy  foundmeattractive." "Ienjoyedtheaffection thatI wasstarvedfor ." "Imean, Ialsorealizedthat ifyoudon'ttrustanyone, thenyoumightaswell  lockyourselfup  inthehouse because,I mean, you'llspendtherest ofyourlifealone." "Reporter:" "Once, Greg had almosttunnelvisionabout dedicationtohissport." "Nowfriends likeMicheleMitchell andJimBabbittmeanmore ." "Louganis:" "Iwasouttomyfamily andfriends,youknow?" "Itwasjustmypolicy nottodiscussmysexuality withmembers ofthemedia." "So would you welcome Greg Louganis and Dr. Ron O'Brien." " ( applause )" " Johnny Carson:" "Greg, it'sgoodto meetya." "You are just incredible to watch." "You must have started when you were how young?" " Well, I started tumbling when I was a year and a half." " Right." "And then got into dance." " A year and a half, didyousay?" " Yeah." "Ah." "That's the time to start, I guess." "The training has changed a lot, hasn't it, Ron?" "Yeah, it has, Johnny." "A diver will do a dive 50 or 60 times in dry-land training before doing it in the pool the first time." "Let's start with a forward two and a half pike." " ( applause )" " And you're looking forward to the 1984 Olympics?" " Yep." " I don't know howyoucanmiss." "Congratulations." "You're just sensational." "Ron, thanks for being here." "Before we get on with the competition, we must report on a tragic event that occurred after we went off the air here yesterday." "A 21-year-old diver from the Soviet Union," "SergeiSalibashvili, fracturedhisskull afterhittinghishead ontheplatform duringa divein yesterday's preliminarycompetition." "Whataboutthedive hewasattempting, thatreverse threeandahalf?" "Well, this one was just added to the international table of dives and people like Greg Louganis do it and can do it well." "So the Soviet diver, in order to attempt to compete with Greg, is trying to use it and he's really not ready to." "Louganis:" "Youknow,Ijustfelt  responsible." "Weweretheonlytwo doingthatdive." "O'Brien:" "That's probably thehardestdive heeverlearned." "Hehadto see thathecouldn'treach thegoals thathewastrying toreach unlesshedidthe dive thatgavehimthe motivation toovercomethefear anddoit ." "Hehadalittlesignal hewouldgiveme whenhewasnervous." "Diversalluseashammy-- a little thing like this and it takes the water off." "Ifhewas alittlenervous, hewouldrollhis shammyup acertainway andcomeover beforehisfirstdive andgiveit to me  toholdforhim ." "Thatwasmy signal tospendalittlemore time  withhimin betweendives, tell him some-- maybe a dirty joke or something to make him laugh, keephismindoccupied." "Andthatworkedfor us." "Female commentator:" "This is the most difficult dive thatcanbe performed offthe10 meterplatform." " Commentator:" "Oh, wow!" " Female commentator:" "Oh,mygoodness!" "Thatwasabsolutely gorgeous." "Commentator:" "Standingovation forGregLouganis." "Finaldive intheseOlympictrials." "Louganis:" "WiththehelpofRon,  you know, I realized that, you know what, this-- I really like this." "You know, I'm good at it, but I also really like it." "Female commentator:" "Gregnowbeingontheteam hasa chanceto win agoldmedal inbothof thoseevents intheOlympics." "(cheering,applause)" "Announcer:" "Ladiesandgentlemen, asalute tothenations ofthe23rdOlympiad." "O'Brien:" "TheOlympicstage isunlikeanythingelse." "Commentator:" "Lookatthecrowdhere ." "Theyloveit ." "O'Brien:" "AndGregwasathispeak." "Commentator:" "Nowtheman, GregLouganis, abackdivepikeposition." "Let'sseejusthow good thisyoungmanis." " ( cheering, applause ) - ( commentator laughs )" " Whoo!" " Female commentator:" "Helookedlikeballetinair." "Commentator:" "Oh,mygoodness." " Oh, my." " Female commentator:" "Thatwasagorgeousdive ." " ( cheering, applause )" " Commentator:" "You are watchingperfection, ladiesandgentlemen." "Louganis:" "Everythingwas workingsowell." "AndI wasabletoopen  theblindersup , takeeverythingin , andutilize thatexhilaration." "Commentator:" "Ha!" "Female commentator:" "Itdoesn'tlooktoo tough whenGregdoesit." "Commentator:" "GregLouganiswinshis first goldmedalat an Olympics." "Louganis:" "Itwaseightyears beforeI hadachance toprovemyselftowin myfirstgoldmedal." "AndI don'tthinkithit untilaftertheplatform, youknow, becauseI didn't wannaletup  becauseI wanted twogoldmedals." " Announcer:" "Greg Louganis..." " Commentator:" "He's trying to become the first man since1928 towingoldmedals" " in springboard and platform." " ( whistle blows )" "Female commentator:" "Yousawthatbeautiful swandiveposition rightoffthetower." "When he dove on the 10 meter platform," "I feel that that was his greatest performance." "I thought you stood up too straight, but it didn't matter, you were so damn high." "I felt that he set the standard at that point for the rest of the world thatifyou'regonnado theharddives, youhaveto do them withgraceandbeauty." "Commentator:" "Andnowto theman , hislastdive intheseOlympics." "Heneeds81.92 tobreak700points." "Nobody'severdonethat." "ThatistheMountEverest ofthissport." "(whistleblows)" "Louganis:" "Youdon'tknowwhy , youdon'tknow whereit'scomingfrom, youdon'tknow themotivationbehindit,  thata performance indiving isandshouldbe asemotionalas any incrediblywrittenplay." "(cheering,applause)" "O'Brien:" "700!" "Whoo-hoo!" "Whoo-hoo!" "Commentator:" "Hedidit !" "Hedidit !" "Announcer:" "Ladiesandgentlemen, theresultsareofficial." "Numberone,GregLouganis, UnitedStates-- 710.91points." "Commentator:" "GregLouganis, scoringmorepoints thananyman haseverscoredbefore, getsthegold." "Female commentator:" "Hecouldbe thegreatestdiver evertodive." "O'Brien:" "Afterthe1984OlympicGames, hehadjustwon  twogoldmedals." "Firstmanto do that since1928." "Hewasabig name." " ( crowd cheering )" " How you doing?" "Real good." " Two gold?" " Yep." "This gentleman, when he gets up to dive," " I think he's been made by Mattel." " ( applause )" "Man:" "I'veneverseen anythingthatexciting on my television screen before or probably ever will again." " We all wish you well." " Thanks." "O'Brien:" "Ithoughtthathewould gainfinancially and unfortunately, it didn't happen." "In the advertising world as in the Olympics, noteveryone getsthegold." " ( crowd cheering )" " Man:" "Mary Lou, howdoyoudo?" "Justfine,thankyou ." "Rettonsigned 15bigendorsementdeals, amongthemWheaties andMcDonald's." "Thisyear,theOlympicpixie willmakeaking-sized milliondollarsplus." " Why Mary Lou?" " Are you kidding?" "She's adorable." "I mean, she's cuter than a teddy bear." "I'm not the cutesy Mary Lou Retton." "I think that that's wonderful for her and it works for her, but it wouldn't work for me." "Louganis:" "Ooh." " Very young." "( laughs )" " Yeah." "That must have been like when I was 15 or something." "And that was here at the Swimming Hall of Fame, I think." "Yeah." "Wow." "That was so sweet." "Yeah, never got a Wheaties box." "( laughs )" "Their response was that I didn't fit their "wholesome"... demographicsorwhatever." "Basically, you know, being gay or being rumored that I was gay." "I do think had he been a straight athlete, he would have made millions." " ( chatter )" " Woman:" "Oh, Greg Louganis!" "Oh,myGod!" " Hi!" "Oh, my gosh." " You're my hero." "I love you!" " I watched every dive my whole life." " Oh, thank you, thank you." " Oh, he's so terrific!" " Thank you." "Announcer:" "Pleasewelcometo thestage MissShannonMiller..." " Mr. Carl Lewis..." " ( crowd cheers )" "Mr.GregLouganis." "Louganis:" "Thisisaveryreal way that you can give to the Olympic athletes." "And we all know what they're going through right now." "The Olympics have been part of all of us for our lives because once an Olympian, you're always an Olympian." "Soit'sreallyexcitingtobe  backherewithall ofyou." "Hi,I 'mGregLouganis and we're gonna be talking about mentoring the next generation of athletes." "Ultimately, my passion is the aftercare." "Whathappens totheathletes, you know, whether they're successful or not successful." "What happens to them?" "Where do they go?" "Howdotheyreacclimate intosociety?" "They dedicated their entire lives to their sport and then what?" "Somanyof our Olympicheroes, they fall through the cracks, you know?" "Speedycommittedsuicide lastyear." "We lost Mark Lenzi, you know, just recently." "Because I've had my issues, too, you know?" "Trusting the wrong people and not-- not knowing the questions to ask." "Louganis:" "BecauseI didn'thave thenormalsocialization thatmostchildrenhave." "You know, I was usually just given a schedule." ""This is what you're doing today."" "AndI 'mnow52  andlookingto growup." "This is a big deal today." "Louganis:" "WithanOlympian-to-Olympian mentoringprogram, youcanshare whatyourjourneywas  withtheseyoungathletes." "Letthemknow thatthey'renotalone." "Justgivethem somesupport." "Andalso,Imean, I'dloveforthem to not make some of the decisions that I've made in my life, you know, to save them some of that heartache." "Louganis:" "Ialwayshadinmind  forthehouse" "Iwantedto ,youknow, getsolar." "Iwantedto makeit energyefficient." "AndthenIwas introduced tothisonecontractor." "Shecamein  andbasicallysaid, "Oh,you'vegotblackmold ." "That'sthereason whyyou'vebeenhaving allthesehealthissues."" "Youknow,andIwas." "Iwasterrified." "Witha compromised immunesystem, it was a life or death situation." "Youknow,Ibelievedher,  Itrustedher, andtheypushed theloanthrough." "Theykindof took alloftheequity outofmy house." "I mean, the place was half demolished becauseshesaidthe work hadtobe doneimmediately." "Youknow, asitturnedout , itwasascam." "Ineversawthe money." "And then I was paying on the loan." "O'Brien:" "Beinginthelimelight likehewas andbeinganiceguy witha goodheart andwhatever, hewasvulnerabletopeople takingadvantageof him." "Louganis:" "Ihadbecomeaccustomed topushing alltheproblemsaside." "Atthetime,Jim was also mybusinessmanager." "Hewasmy eyesand ears totheworld." "He wanted to control every aspect of my life and he did and I allowed him to." "And then '84 happened and two-- win two gold medals." "Imean, Ithinkhe sawme ashismealticket." "O'Brien:" "IthoughtJimwas auser  andhewasa-- kindof, youknow,acon man ." "Hehadastory foreverysituation anda situation foreverystory." "Louganis:" "Youknow,divingwas  anescapefromreality." "(manspeakingSpanish)" "Louganis:" "Iwouldgo to  aworldchampionships andcomebackand ... anatomicbomb could'vegoneoff andI wouldn'thaveknownit." "( crowd chanting ) Talk about AIDS!" "Talk about AIDS!" "Talk about AIDS!" "Reporter:" "Sinceitwasfirst recognizedinJune1981, the incidence of AIDS has doubled every six months." "Thediagnosisalwaysfatal." "Reporter #2:" "Thereisno knowncure andeverydayfourtofive newcasesarediscovered." "Reporter #3:" "Andmostfrightening, thepossibilitythatthe virus canbetransmitted frompersonto person, virtuallya contagiousform ofcancer." "Protestors:" "Educate,don'tisolate!" "Reporter #4:" "That'swhytoday policeusedgloves whilearresting gaydemonstrators." "Reporter #5:" "Nearlyoneoutofseven peoplepolled saidtheywouldfavor tattooingallAIDSvictims andbetterthanhalf saidtheyshouldbe quarantined." "Louganis:" "IwasstillwithJim atthetime." "Jimcalledme andwas having difficultybreathing, sohecheckedhimself intothehospital." "Hehadfull-blownAIDS." "SoI wentin  andgottested." "Louganis:" "Itwasan Olympicyear." "Itwasavery importantyear." "And--andthatwas it." "Iwasgonnapackup andgohome." "Ididn'twannajeopardize anybodyelse, andifI'munable tocompete, that'stwopeople thatI wouldbe preventing fromtheabilitytogo totheOlympics." "Itwasseveralweekspast  beforeI saidanythingtoRon." "Heknewsomethingwas wrong, andsoafteraworkout he asked me what was going on, what was wrong." "And..." "ItoldhimthatIwas tested andI waspositive." "O'Brien:" "Hejustblurteditout." "My thought was, "What does that mean?" "Where do we go from here?" "Is this the end of the line?"" "Louganis:" "Hedidn'twannashowthat-- howscaredhe wastome." "Andthencameover andheheldme." "Andhesaidwe'llget throughthistogether." "Louganis:" "Iheardabout,you know, thedemonstrations andthearrests andACTUP ." "I" " I trained through all of that." "You know, I wasn't an activist." "You know, I was just this athlete who had Olympic dreams." "Itwasavery,very , verysmallgroupofpeople whowerein  onthesecret." "Theyencouragedme  thatthehealthiestthing forme wastocontinuetraining." "Reporter:" "AnAIDScure is15yearsaway, butthisweek thefirstrealhope forcontainingthedisease beganarriving athospitals" "AZT." "They wanted to treat me very aggressively, so they put me on AZT right away." "O'Brien:" "Hehadto takemedicine everyfourhours, sohewasnot able tosleepthroughthe night." "Louganis:" "AZTisan incredibly toxicdrug, but I knew I had-- I had to take it, youknow,that'swhat mydoctorsaid." "Louganis:" "Therewasalot ofthings thatweregoingon behind the scenes of that whole entire experience." "'88began mytrueloveaffair with this sport, you know, because I loved it." "I loved going to training," "Ilovedgoing-- doingthework because I didn't think I would live." "And so, you know, for me to be here today you know, 20 some-odd years later and be able to talk to you and share these stories," "I mean, is just such a blessing to me." "Youdon'tachievegreatness onyourown andyoucanlean onpeople." "Don'tbeafraid toaskforhelp." "Youknow,andthat'swhat-- Iwannabe therefor you , youknow?" "Hopefully, you know?" "I wanna be there for you." "He emphasized that he didn't want me to train him any differently." "Heknewthecards werestacked againsthim." "Louganis:" "TheChinesehadcaughtup tomeby thattime." "I knew I was gonna be hard-pressed, you know, to be successful in '88." "O'Brien:" "Theonlywaytobe rememberedinhistory 40or50 yearsfromnow asbeingtheultimate, thegreatest istherecordyou leave." "Louganis:" "Talkabouthaving yourback,youknow?" "Asa coach,he smuggled myHIVmedsintoSeoul justincase." "Iwouldn'thavebeenallowed inthecountry hadanybodyknown myHIVstatus." "Commentator:" "Preliminariesofthemen 's threemeterspringboard inChamshil IndoorSwimmingPool." "Louganis:" "Ialwayshavewantedmyrecord tospeakforitself." "O'Brien:" "Expectations putpressureon you beforeyoueven doanything." "Female announcer:" "GregLouganis,053." "Areversetwoand one half somersaulttuck." "3.0." "Commentator:" "AndnowGregLouganis." " ( thuds ) - ( crowd gasps )" "Commentator #2:" "Louganishitstheboard." "Thatisdisaster." "Louganis:" "Ijustheldmyhead ." "ButI justwanted toholdthebloodin or,youknow, justnotanybodytouchit." "O'Brien:" "Honestly,I never thoughtaboutHIV." "IguessIwas just sofocused on getting him through... helping him to win his two gold medals." "Thatwasmy focus." "Isaid,"Doyou wanna continue?"" "Hesaidwe workedtoo long andtoohard tonotcontinue." ""Howmuchtimedowehave? "" ""Wegotabout12minutes tillyougottado yournextdive."" "O'Brien:" ""Howmuchtimedowehave? "" ""Oh,aboutsix, sevenminutes."" "Louganis:" "OnceI hittheboard, anyounceof confidence thatI hadwasgone." "O'Brien:" "Greg,ifyoucan 't believeinyourself, atleastbelieveinme." "Putyourfaithinme andI 'llhelpyou." "Commentator #3:" "Fivesorbetter, hewillmakeit intothefinals." "Threesorless inhislasttwo dives, hewouldnotmakeit intothe12 ." " ( cheering, applause )" " Female announcer:" "GregLouganis." "(speakingKorean)" "Commentator:" "Yes!" "Commentator #4:" "Whatanathlete!" "He got the highest scores on that dive of anybody in the contest that day or the next day." "It was just an error in judgment." "Female reporter:" "Areyoufeelingokay?" "I'm just concentrating on tomorrow." "Female reporter:" "Howdoyouget upthere anddoit againafterthat ?" "Louganis:" "Ikeptplayingthe dive overandoverinmyhead... tryingtofigureout  whatI haddonewrong." "Ididn'tknow whatmyresponsibilitywas  becauseI knewIwas  HIVpositive." "Thepeople onthepooldeck, the--youknow,the coaches, thedoctorwhosewedmeup ." "Hestitchedmy headup withoutsurgicalgloves." "Thebloodthatwas  inthepool, thebloodthat might'vespilled ontothedeck." "Andthenthealarm goesoff." "Ihaveto take mymedicine." " I didn't sleep." " ( crowd cheering )" "Commentator:" "Wearebackfor the finals ofthemen'sspringboard competition." "O'Brien:" "I just had tokindof kickhis butt alittlebitrightthen  andsay, "Goddamnit , itwasafluke." "Youcando thisdive." "Don'tletit gettoyou. "" "Commentator:" "Wearenowinthe11th andfinalround." "GregLouganis hasonemoredive." "Female announcer:" "307C." " A reverse three and one-halfsomersaulttuck." " ( whistle blows )" "Commentator:" "ThecourageousAmerican GregLouganis wonhissecondgoldmedal inspringboarddiving, agreatcomeback adayafterhehithishead ontheboard." "Female announcer:" "Thegoldmedalist andOlympicchampion" "GregLouganis oftheUnitedStates ofAmerica." "(speakingKorean)" "Announcer:" "Ladiesandgentlemen, ourstanding attheendofroundisnine." "Female announcer:" "Leading" "XiongNi , GregLouganis..." "Commentator #2:" "Hehashisopportunity togoin therecordbook  astheverybestdiver whoeverlived." " ( whistle blows )" " Commentator:" "Louganis insecondplace, thefinaldive ofhiscompetition, hislastchance." "(crowdapplauds)" "Commentator:" "Heneeded85.6." "Heearned86.7." "( cheering )" "O'Brien:" "Whoo!" "Whoo!" "You did it, buddy!" "Oh, buddy." "That's a hell of a way to do it." "Remember, Klaus had to do it on his last dive to beat you." "( laughs )" " Man:" "You did it!" " O'Brien:" "In those moments," "Ilooked atwherehe camefrom... andwherehe was." "AndI wasproud tobeapartofthat." "Iwasputonthis earth todosomethingindiving andI didit ." "ThiswaswhatIwas supposedtodo ." "Louganis:" "Iknewin my heart thatthoseweremylast  competitivedives." "You know, it's over." "Louganis:" "After' 88,I wasn't payingattention towhatmy financial positionwas." "I had heard rumors about... you know, things that Jim was doing." "IlearnedthatIhad $2,000tomy name." "Everythingelse washeldin hisname andhehad powerofattorney, sohecoulddo, you know, basicallywhateverhe wanted." "Ithadgottentoa point whereJimsaid ifI gotridofhim,  thenhewasgonna destroyme." "Thathewasgonnatake me tohellwithhim ." "He threatened to, you know, sell my story, he was gonna kill me, he was gonna blow my fucking brains out." "Telltheworld thatyouinfectedme withAIDS." "So... itdidtake alotof courage." "Female reporter:" "Itis10 yearssincereports startedemerging intheUnitedStates thateverybody." "(peoplecheering)" "¶ Happy birthday to you!" "¶" "Louganis:" "Veryfewof thepeople whowereinvited knewthesignificance orwhatIthought thesignificancewas." "'Causethat'swhen Icameouttomymom aboutmyHIVstatus." "Frances Louganis:" "It hurts." "Ican'tdo anything." "I'vethoughtaboutit everydaysince." "Eric Marcus:" "Mrs.Louganis, justforthetape, ifyoucanjust identifyyourself withyourfullname." "Frances:" "Oh,I 'mFrancesLouganis, GregLouganis'smom." "Marcus:" "And,Greg,justtohave  asoundcheckonyou." "Louganis:" "I'mGregLouganis." "Marcus:" "February2nd,1994." "InterviewerisEricMarcus." "Frances:" "Areyougonnaput  allthisin thebook?" "Louganis:" "Yeah." "Frances:" "So you are gonna comeoutin thebook thatyouaregay ?" "Louganis:" "Mm-hmm." "Frances:" "Whattypeof reaction doyouthink you'regonnaget,son ?" "Louganis:" "Um..." "Honestly, Idon'tknow." " Frances:" "Do you care?" " Louganis:" "No." "Marcus:" "What'schangedforyou , thatyoudon'twant tocontinuehiding?" "Louganis:" "You know, AIDSisindiscriminate." "Imean, I'vetakennotice ofallthebreakingnews ." "Like,ArthurAshe wasinthehospital andthenMagicJohnson." "Butthefact ofthematteris... hasanybodycomeout  andsaid," ""I'mgay andI 'mHIVpositive"" "or" I'mgay andI haveAIDS"?" "No." "Frances:" "It'stoorisky." "Idon'twanttohave  toseehimsellhishome,  hisoneandonlyhome  thathe'sloved, youknow, becauseofthisbook." "Louganis:" "Idon'tknow howmuchtimeIhave ." "Irealized howimportantit is  todothisnow  becauseI want-- Iwannaseeitdone ." "My name is Greg Louganis." "I'm gay and I'm HIV positive." "A man considered to be the greatest diver in Olympic history hasannouncedtoday thathehasAIDS." "Reporter:" "Ifithadbeen almostanyotherdisease, everyonewouldbe talking abouthiscourage." "Butitwasthe AIDSvirus anditwasthe dive Louganismissedon hisway  tothatmedal thateveryone'stalking aboutnow." "Walters:" "We checked withtheInternational OlympicCommittee and they said that Greg was under no obligation to divulge his secret even after he hit his head on the board." "Would it have been this complicated, say, if you were not this, you know, the greatest diver of all times in the history of the world since there ever was a diving board?" "I had every expectation that if I went public with the fact that I'm gay that no one would want to hire me and that I would lose my house." "How would a smart guy like you practice unsafe sex?" "I..." "I'm not following." "How'd you get AIDS?" "I'm sure I was probably exposed before they knew about unsafe sex." "Larry King:" "Oh,soyou'reprettysure  ofthat?" " Yeah." " Do you feel in yourself that you might live a long while?" "Yeah, I think so." " I hope so." " You're confident." "Think or hope is a different thing." "Areyouconfident thatyouwill?" "Louganis:" "Uh...whoknows?" "Youknow,theshame, theguilt,youknow, all of this stuff that I was feeling," "Iknew,youknow, ifI weregoingthroughthat , thatI probablywasn't theonlyone, that,youknow, therewereprobably othersoutthere." "Ijustdidn'tknow thattherewerethatmany ." "Man on bullhorn:" "Folks,wewannamakesure  thateveryonethat'sinline  hasalreadypickedup theircopyof thebook." "Female reporter:" "Parkinglotwasawash ina seaof umbrellastoday." "Hundredsstood intherainfor hours justforthechance toseeLouganis." "I mean, he could've just kept his HIV status to himself, buthecameout  tellingitlikeitis." "Woman:" "He's done something nota lotof peoplehave thecourageto do  and I'm out here to support him." "Female reporter:" ""Breaking the Surface" sold out abouthalfan hour afterhittingshelves." "TheGregLouganisstory seemstohavestruckanerve  withpeoplegay andstraight." "Theysayif GregLouganis hasthecouragetodothis,  sodothey." "( reporters clamoring )" "Man:" "Greg,toyourright,Greg ." "Man #2:" "Greg,inthecorner, please,Greg." "AIDS, it's here." "It's not gone away." "It's not "manageable."" " There's a lot of hope here tonight." " There's a lot of hope." "Do you feel a lot of hope in this fight against AIDS?" "The biggest hope is to find a cure." "You know, that's-- that's the goal." "And finally, where do you watch the Olympics?" "Do you go to the Olympics?" "Or how does that work?" "Well, this time-- this time" "I haven't been to an Olympics since Atlanta." "And I'm gonna be in London, I'm gonna be working with the athletes and the coaches as athlete mentor." " So it's really exciting." " That's so great." " Well, I'll be watching." "Thank you so much." " Great, great." "It was such a pleasure to meet you." "Have a great night." "Thank you." "Thanks." "Louganis:" "Imean,hadIbeen  heterosexual, twoandahalfkids , youknow, HIVnegative," "I'm sure life would have been very different, you know, for-- you know, for me." "Supposed to take this..." "I'm not the easiest person to have a relationship with because it seems that oftentimes peoplethat I'vebeeninvolvedwith kindofgetlostinmy stuff ." "WithJohnny, hehashisown life." "Hehashisown interests andhehas hisownpassions." "I used to bring the Danes down here." "Johnny Chaillot:" "Allfiveof them?" "AndI waslike, "Oh,he'shandsome."" "Chaillot:" "Thefirstprofile thatcameup  was Greg Louganis kissing a dolphin." "It was like, "I'm not contacting Greg Louganis." "That's ridiculous."" "Louganis:" "AndI ,like,winkedathim orsomething andthenhe respondedback and then, you know, he said, well, you know, let's-- let's get together." "Itjustfelt, you know, so comfortable and so right." "Chaillot:" "AsI gotto knowhim ," "I realized that... he's just like everybody else, he just played his life out on the world stage." "Louganis:" "Idon'thavetobeon  allthetime." "There'sa comfort withthat,youknow, anda confidence withthat." "( both laughing )" "Louganis:" "Ilovehisattitude." "Everymorningwe wakeup,  it'slike," ""I wonder what the universe has in store for us today?"" "(phonelineringing)" "Recording:" "Thankyouforcalling BankofAmerica." "Weareadebtcollector." "Yourcallmaybe monitoredorrecorded forqualityassurance." "Woman:" "ThisisJoselyn withLoanServicing andjustkeepinmind  youdohavethe right todesignateacertified counselor,advisor, orattorney torepresentyou." "Louganis:" "Imean,Ijust gotnoticelastweek." "I mean, I knew this day would come." "I, you know-- I had no doubt." "You know, and financial-- my financial position has changed a bit." "And, you know, potentially, they might consider a remodification." "I don't know." "Joselyn:" "Right, and this iswhereyouwouldget prequalifiedforit  ifyoucanevendo amodification." "Ifyouqualify, thenwe'llsenditover  fora casemanager." "Ifnot,youwouldhave to comeupwiththe full reinstatementamount, otherwisethehome willbesoldonthe22nd." "I don't have a lot of options here, do I?" "Joselyn:" "No,therearen't manyoptionsto you." "Louganis:" "Iftheauctiongoesthrough, theycantakeimmediate occupancyoftheresidence, soI haveto be readytohave  everythingthatIwant outofthehouse." "We're doing the yes or no for this-  this area right here." " Okay." "Actually, I mean, I think all of this stuff" "I've already been through once..." " Uh-huh." " ...and this is whatI wannakeep." "Oh, okay, good." "That's super easy." "You wanna keep your moose?" "What about Scooby-Doo and, um..." " Scooby-Doo is kind of special." " Okay." "Louganis:" "I'mparalyzedbecause Idon'tknowwhattodo ." "That's what the situation is right now." "It'slikekindofcrunchtime beforeI leavethecountry." "Imean,Idid haveJohnny togetboxesboxed and,youknow, moverswerecoming." "I really appreciate that." "I owe him big time on that one." "Flight attendant on P.A.:" "Ladiesandgentlemen, ifyouhave afast-trackvoucher, afterdescent fromthisaircraft, pleasefollow thefast-tracksigns ontheentry oftheimmigrationhall..." " Interviewer:" "Greg, goodmorning." " Good morning." "Apleasure tohaveyouwithus." "Thegreatestdiver inOlympichistory." "And this, of course, is the first time since, what, '96" " that you've been to an Olympic Games?" " Yeah!" "So you've obviously made up with the United States Diving Federation." "And you have publicly blamed homophobia in the sport as one of the reasons why you stayed away." "Do you think that we've made some progress there?" "Oh, definitely, we've made tremendous progress." "I mean, that's the reason why I'm back." "Now, he was brought on, the first person to be doing this, as a mentor for the US diving team." "I'm working with the athletes in preparation, butI 'llalsoworkwiththem , what'sgoingon outside ofthepool." "It's all connected." "It really is." "It's all connected." "There's been such a radical change now in public opinion about HIV precisely because of people like you." "You know, that was pretty scary." "Youknow,Ididn'tknow  howpeopleweregonnareact." "Piers Morgan:" "Whatdoyoumake ofwhereyou'vegot tonow?" "Areyouin a- - ina goodplacenow ?" "You-- have you come through all the traumas and dramas of what went on?" "Yeah, definitely." "I mean, 'cause back in 1988, honestly, I didn't think that I'd see 30." "I'vebeenaveraging twotothreeinterviews aday." " Closer to five." " Closer to five?" "Five interviews a day." "Yikes." "It'samazing." "When I saw Greg on Piers Morgan and CNN at the London Games," "I really felt inspired becausepeopleliving withHIVarestillpeople." "PeoplelikeGreg haveproventhatHIV  doesnothavetostop you." "And HIV is not gonna stop me." "You know, you do interviews and you spout off crap and you just never know what's gonna land, you know, what people are gonna hear, how they're gonna react." "You know, but when I read that, it was like... just couldn't believe it." "Ijusttryand ,you know, dowhat'srightfor me." "You know, and you do what's right for you first and a lot of times the by-product of that can have a positive effect." " ( chatter )" " Chaillot:" "Greg!" "Louganis!" "Chaillot:" "Hecalledme andIheard inhisvoicethathewastired andit'slike IknowIcan helphim." "I'm going to the Olympics and I'm gonna find him." "And they were like, "There are 300,000 people at the Olympics."" "It's like, "I'm gonna find him."" "And here we are." "You know?" " Here you go." " Okay." "( chuckles ) Oh, God." " How long do I have?" "Oh." " 30 minutes." "Okay." "Commentator:" "NoAmericanhaswon  this10meterplatformevent sincethegreatGregLouganis in' 88inSeoul." "DavidBoudia,23-year-old fromAbilenein Texas." "Commentator #2:" "Heisonedivefrom  agoldmedal." "Female commentator:" "You'relookingfor90points." "He'sgonnabe close." " ( crowd cheering ) - ( mouths word )" " Female commentator:" "Yes!" " Commentator:" "And David Boudia haswongold!" "I saw a difference in the demeanor of the divers and the coaches in that they were more relaxed andweendedup withfourmedals, whichisthebestwe'vedone ina longtime." "It was shocking and amazing." "I'm just so happy that we won." "Commentator #2:" "Boudiabecomesthefirst Americanmalediver towinasolodivinggold inthe10 meterplatform sinceGregLouganis." "Louganis:" "God,I neverwould've thoughtofmyself asanambassador toanything, but,youknow, tobeputinthat position, mentoringhasreallyopened myeyesto realize that, yeah, I do have something to offer, you know?" "(chatter)" "Louganis:" "IknowwhenIwasyounger, Iwantedahome." "Thatwassomething thatwasveryimportanttome  because then I felt like I had roots." "But after all of the events that have happened thus far in my life," "I realize, you know, my home is where I make it." "10yearsago, Iwould'vejustrun  andjustnotwanna-- wannadealwithit." "But,youknow,Irealized Ineedto takemorecontrol." "And so we were able to get our loan modification that I can live with." "It doesn't address getting the house fixed up, but one hurdle at a time, one step at a time." "(chatter)" " O'Brien:" "You going down here?" " I've been wanting to do this for a long time." "Have a seat." "Yeah, Mary Jane, come on." "My wife-- she doesn't wanna talk, but that's all she does." " She always talks." " I know." "Louganis:" "IwasaskedwhatIfelt mymostshiningmoment of my diving career was and I'd have to say men's platform 1984." "Mm, I agree." "You were 100%." " I couldn't have done it without you." " Thank you." "So I wanted to present you the medal." " Mary Jane:" "Wow!" " Wow." "Thanks, Greg." "Louganis:" "It was a shining moment when we were, like, so together and in sync." " It was great." " Yeah." " Thank you, Greg." " Yeah." "(sniffles)" " We had a great run, didn't we?" " We did." " Yep." "Yep." " 10 years." " 10 great years." " Yeah." "Yeah." "( clangs )" "O'Brien:" "Overtime, hereinventedhimself." "I'mproud ofthataccomplishment asmuchas Iam ofhisdiving becausehemadehimself intoa newperson." "( crowd cheering )" "Female reporter:" "Nowholdinghands,kissing, wavingtherainbowflag, anyofthose couldgetgaysand lesbians and their supporters sent to jail in Russia." "Female reporter #2:" "PutinsignedameasureinJune banningpublicexpression ofhomosexualidentity." "( crowd chanting ) Gay rights for Russia!" "Female reporter #2:" "Someopponentsof thelaws areurgingaboycott oftheWinterOlympics setforFebruary intheRussiancityofSochi ." "Interviewer:" "Greg,it'sgreat tohaveyouon." "Sowhat'stherightway forpeoplegayand straight inthiscountry tosay,"Wedon 'tlike your--yourstupidlaw "?" "Boycotts hurt the wrong people." "Cooper:" "Soyouwouldn'ttry tomake  somesortof statement" " while competing?" " Louganis:" "Oh, Iprobablywould." " I'd get a rainbow Speedo." " Get a rainbow Speedo." "Same sex marriage supporters around the country are celebrating two big decisions this week by the US Supreme Court." "Louganis:" "Theonefear thatmymomalwayshadforme  isthatIwouldhave to spendmylifealone asa gayman." "And now that has changed." "Ourparents arenolongerwithus, butI havefound mysoulmate." "I mean, it's-- it really is inevitable that we're together." " Greg Louganis, Johnny Chaillot..." " Thank you." " ...congratulations on your engagement." " Thank you." "I've always said again and again and again" "I'm not political, I'm not political, I'm not political." "Ikeptallofthoseworlds separate-- mysexualidentity, diving, but now I-- I see the connection." "Iviewit more asjustbeingmyself." "I'm a gay man living with HIV and... who is not afraid to stand up and speak out." "(musicplaying)" "I now pronounce you husbands legally married in the great state of California." " You may kiss your grooms." " ( cheering, applause )" "(musicplaying)" "Announcer:" "Thishasbeenapresentation ofHBOSports."