Michael Jordan have Kobe pointers when they were playing

Agree.

he seems punch drunk to be honest

@@trappedintimesurroundedbye5477 Ryan has ALWAYS sounded like that. It's Ryan.

Are you kidding me! Lochte was awful when he lied to the world of what happened to them in Rio. He was literally detained and jailed for being drunk and lying to the Brazilians that they were mugged. They trashed the convenience store they went to. Lochte should be banned from being involved in any Olympics!

so intelligent !

But that was the middle, phelps was better 2013-2016 - 200im rio - finished on top! Lochte wishes he could do what phelps did in rio...

@@DAVIDORWHAT Lochte's not done yet

2009!?

I would say 2010-2012. Phelps chose not to swim either IM at the ‘09 worlds so it’s really hard to say who would’ve won there. Plus Phelps’s 200 free performance in 2009 would’ve been much better than Lochte’s 2009 performance in the 200 free if he were to swim it at worlds

Phelps was peak in 2009 he set multiple world records. However from 2010-2012 yes Lochte was better.

Nice projection.

The fuck he looks fine

There is a story about how after Ryan beat him in the 400IM in London Michael had a crisis in confidence and how Nathan Aidrian got into Michael’s face and reminded him who he was. Ryan set the world record in that race and Michael didn’t make the podium. The fact that Michael Phelps had a confidence crisis because Lochte beat him tells you how much respect Michael had for Ryan because at that point nobody could ever make Michael think that low of himself.

@@jjh2456 Ryan never had 400im WR

Laszlo Cseh would like a word

@@axelmogr lmao who tf is that?

Yeah that was a super weird. Can’t believe graham didn’t ask about that.

So, is the assumption that a WR holder could only have achieved that status by having tried everything under the sun or is it rather an observation that you don't have to try everything under the sun in order to succeed, but rather find what works for you. After all, I haven't seen him achieve his former level of competitiveness/performance as a result of Michael's advice.

@@MrVpassenheim the 6 beat kick is like the basics of competitive swimming. It's one the first things you are taught when you start competing. So it is a bit weird that a professional swimmer with loads of Olympic medals didn't know about such a basic skill.

Nobody here understood what he meant. Lochte knows what a 6 beat kick is, Phelps’ advice was to go back to the very basics and perfect the 6 beat kick to regain his focus and build from there.

@@carolinapietracci5857 Not sure how old you are but it might be a generational thing. I am in my 30s today and swam competitively for 12 years. This is the first time I’ve heard of it.

Well I mean lochte is the second best swimmer ever next to Phelps and nobody is close to either of them 🤷🏾‍♂️ tbh so it was kinda a rivalry between them Ryan even beat him in multiple events in 2012 nobody else can say that besides lochte and lochte holds a few world records and Phelps never beat those

@@adoniswilliamson3010 Perhaps you don’t know Mark Spitz who won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

@@leamaka2082 I’m talking about in our generation btw lochte still has more medals than him he has 11 lochte 12 second most medals in the history of the sport while Phelps is miles ahead of anyone with like 28 or something

@@adoniswilliamson3010 No you wrote about Lochte and added “ever”…. So I was letting you know that there was a great swimmer - Mark Spitz - who won 7 gold medals in 1972 Olympic Games, only surpassed by Michael Phelps in 2008 with 8 gold medals. I was just trying to let you know. I was not trying to diminish Lochte’s great accomplishments and I didn’t know he won all these medals and that is great!!! He seems to be a nice guy. He’s made mistakes like we all do and so did Phelps. It’s part of life. And yes, Phelps is above all the other swimmers.

Umm... yes he is.

Are you 12?

..at talking

Maybe because his dad was his coach....maybe he missed out on some of the proper basic training techniques.

Lol I showed Michael how to swim when he was 3 years old... still talk to him once in a while.

haha

LtDansLegs69 😂😂

So Ryan Lochte is now a 12 time Olympic Medalist, world renowned and is worth around $10 million Dollars. What has your so called 'Smart" brother accomplished so far?

althaf jay After Rio he ain’t worth that much

Jim Smith well said ❤️

It's okay Ryan.

@Michael Edwards That you think thats a fair punishment is proof you've never worked hard for anything in your entire life

Agree!!!! All of a sudden, everybody is self righteous and almighty

Magic johnson is one person

Tim Mahajan cmon man 😂😂

Hornacek was good .

@@jc2333 so is lochte, but he ain't comparable to Phelps

yooo wait phelps and lochte are, together, the greatest IM swimmers of all time. in 2014, the 10 fastest 200 IM times of all time were held by phelps and lochte, 5 EACH. when lochte broke phelps's world record in the 200 IM at the 2011 world championships in shanghai, he did so for the first time since full-body tech suits were banned, and additionally, phelps went a personal best time in that very race, which still stands as his best time today. furthermore, lochte currently holds the world record in this event from that race. if you are a fan of swimming, you understand that we are so fortunate to have been able to watch two of the greatest swimmers in history set world records competing against each other while absolutely dominating the best international fields in the process. in their prime, no one came close to either of them in the IMs. unquestionably, phelps has achieved things that lochte hasn't, but lochte undoubtedly inspired greatness in phelps and deserves recognition for his swimming greatness. here are the top 5 lochte v phelps showdowns if you'd like to witness the unique nature of their rivalry: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdh7ZJxnts-ylqM.html

I don't see it that way.

Nice projection.

Ehhh he’s got money and he could be nervous in front of cameras. Also he’s in professional sports which in all honesty is a child’s sport at the highest level. Hey he got money so hes fine. If he had to join the professional world it might be worth exploring but he’s not even close to as stupid as a tiktoker so fuck it he’s killing it!!

Interesting. There's another comment which share the opposite experience with him.

I had the complete opposite experience in 2011 with him. He was giggling with us kids on the bus when he could've sat up front with the other camp coaches.

They were held at gunpoint. It was a shakedown. He didn't break a door, but actually knocked a sign which then fell off a wall. Also, the Brazilian government did lie about the entire scenario. Not an experience you'd want to find yourself in. Rio's crime rate is astronomical. On the same day of the incident several other teams were accosted/robbed. Apparently, there's no controversy over that, but slight misbehavior as a pretext for the use of potential deadly force is acceptable behavior.

Brazil is a dump

They violated the athlete’s quarter by hanging out in bars. They were dead drunk and trashed a store and lied about being mugged. He was a disgrace to our country!

@@kramerb3758 a disgrace ? just chill bro lol

@@deltadelta6751 Okay, Colby.

He has short term memory loss

man, you described it so well lol

You have no idea what he’s lke

PurpleGANG that’s why he said ‘comes of as’ instead of ‘is’...because he doesn’t know him

As some one who has done 20 ironman triathlons, as well as at least that number of endurance swimming events, I can tell you that swim training is physically and mentally exhausting. It's hard getting into the pool knowing you have to do 4,000 meters. It is a lot easier doing a bike or run session. A privileged person doesn't last in this sport.

@@mathman43 no one asked and no one cares, privilege doesn't have to do with who he is as a swimmer, he's talking about who he seems like as a person.

He seems vulnerable and carrying some deep emotional issues around both of his parents. Not everyone has an intact family, life can be very complex. I wish him well.

@@sharnimaisey6890 . He’s a baby.

That’s not entirely true. From 2009-2012 Lochte was truly the better swimmer. Phelps couldn’t beat him in the events they shared and he broke Phelps times

Not at all, especially not in 2009. Lochte beat phelps in 2011 twice, and in 2012 once(in international competition), and that was about it. The only international competition lochte arguably did better than phelps in was 2011 worlds.

J not to mention lochte hit his peak in 2011-2012 when phelps was literally at the worst/slowest part of his career

He beat Phelps multiple times: when setting the American record in the 200 yard IM around 2006 or 2007, 2010 Nationals 200m IM, 2011 Shanghai WR 200 IM, beat him in the 200 free at Shanghai, 400 IM London Olympics. I may be forgetting others, but those come to mind.

No, he's beaten him at least 5 times (2 times alone at the 2011 world championships, once at the 2012 Olympics; 4 times in major competitions and I believe once elsewhere - www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/the-phelps-lochte-rivalry-a-years-long-duel-that-captured-the-sport/). Also, he has 5 of the top 10 times in his WR event, the 200 IM. The other 5 times are Phelps. Furthermore, Lochte has the fastest textile time ever in the 400 IM and is the fastest American ever (textile suit) in the 200 backstroke. He's the 2nd best American male swimmer ever and has swum a good dozen close races with Phelps. Definitely a rival, even acknowledged by Phelps.

1. Did he not apologize? 2. It's been...how many years? 3. Clearly he's troubled and vulnerable, and if we forgave Tonya Harding and saw HER through more sympathetic eyes, why not Lochte?

yeah everything this guys says sounds completely disingenuous to me

@@aashiqjivani1184 he might be a good swimmer but he honestly sounds like a idiot. Reminds me of some ignorant KZfaq social media influencer.

U guys know nothing about this man

He apologized after the tape was released if not he was sticking to his lies before.