Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Talk About Attending the Paris Olympics as Fans

-Our next guests are two legendary athletes, and between them have seven Olympic medals, two World Cup championships, four WNBA championships, and many, many more awards that I don't have enough time to list here. Their new episodes of their podcast, "A Touch More," air Wednesdays on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. Please welcome to the show Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe! [ Cheers and applause ] [ Mid-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ I'm so happy you're here. -We're so happy. -You guys have been really taking advantage of your time in New York City. You've been on a bit of a sports tour. -Yeah, we have. -You were at a New York-Seattle, a WNBA game. -Uh-huh. -Courtside seats. -You know. -You have season tickets? -Season tickets. -Yes. -I have to technically buy them because she's -- -She's the holder... -I'm the holder. -...of the season ticket. -Why do you have to, technically, buy them? -'Cause she's, like, legendary Storm player, and now she's in the ownership group, and I just... -Okay, Gotcha. Now, everybody who's at a WNBA game knows that you used to play for the competition. Are you well received in New York City when you're at a Liberty game? -I am. I am, yeah. I'm from here originally. -Yeah, exactly. -So they overlook the fact that you couldn't pick where you got drafted. -They do notice that I never cheer. -Oh, for either team? -Yeah, unless it's Seattle. -Oh, gotcha. -So, if New York is playing Dallas, I just -- stoic. Every now and then, I might be like, "Okay, nice move." -We can cheer for Stewie 'cause Stewie played for Seattle. -Yeah, we love Breanna Stewart. -Oh, yeah, of course. Former teammate. -That's basically it. -It's tough for me. -You also went to the U.S. Open. Did you enjoy your time at the tennis match? -Loved it. -Yeah. -How many of those honey drinks did you guys have? -A bunch. -Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't even -- This is like asking height, weight, age. -No, no, no. -Well, it was five -- -Not allowed to ask this. I'm asking the last question you're allowed to ask. -God. -How many Honey Deuces? -It was a five-setter. And those sets are long. -Are you already making excuses for your answer? -I would say 1 1/2 a set, -1 1/2 a set? Don't make the math hard. -We were doing -- We were doing different variations. We were putting tequila in them, per Serena Williams' suggestion. I was half in the lemonade, 'cause who's drinking this, which is lemonade? -Yeah. -The hell? -So, that's your issue with it, is there's too much lemonade in your tequila? -Yeah. That's necessary. [ Laughter ] -That's how you know you're athletes. like, "There's a lot of sugar in that." -Yeah. -Alright. -It's not the alcohol. -You guys also were at the Paris Olympics, and you brought a lot of good luck. You were at women's soccer final, women's basketball final, men's basketball final. Was it fantastic? [ Cheers and applause ] -You know, for our Olympians, -I assume you miss being, you know, participating. But it also must be a lot more chill going as someone who's just watching. -So much more chill. -Yeah. -It's, like, I miss playing. I miss playing. I miss coming on shows like this where they're like, "Show us your gold medal," and it's, like, this big moment. That was always fun when you got to return home. But watching from the sidelines, zero stress. -Yeah. -Zero stress. I don't miss that part. So it was it was nice to be a fan. It was great, sleeping in, having drinks, go and watch the game, going to parties. -Having a big old lemonade. -Yeah. [ Laughter ] Exactly. -You have not had lemonade till you've had it in Paris. -You have too much sugar the night before, you got to get sugar in the morning. You know what I mean? -You obviously have both been feted, celebrated for your time. The Reign, your team in Seattle, retired your number. How do you like these moments where you receive all this attention? -Honestly, it's really uncomfortable. It's like I didn't know that about myself until, really, last year. It started to happen a little bit, and then obviously this year. But I was like, "This is -- There's a lot -- Every -- It's all about me, and, like, I agreed to it, and I -- now just here, and it's all about me, I like more of an in-the-moment, like, spontaneous." Same person who scored a goal and proceeded to what? -Make it all about me. [ Laughter ] "For me?" -That's what you said. -It was, like, uncomfortable and overwhelming, and also, like, beautiful. -Right. Exactly. If it's in the moment, if you score a goal, you're fine. Like, "Hey, this is my moment." But if everybody's, like -- for, like, months out, it's going to be a real special day for you. -Yeah, like, "Oh, my gosh, I have to say words. I'm gonna cry a lot," but beautiful. -How did you do when you were crying? Did you do right? -I did okay, I did okay. Walking out of the tunnel, some some tears started to happen. But then I think, when I got up there, I was probably, like, so overwhelmed, and I only had a few minutes to speak, which was great. So I just kind of like thanked everybody and bowed out. -Very nice. You were honored with a street -- your own street in Seattle. -Yeah. -Very nice. [ Cheers and applause ] Have you spent much time at the street? Have you seen where the street is? -Yeah, actually, I'm familiar with the street. It was my route to get to the arena. -So it's near the arena. -Yeah, it's right -- Like, it runs kind of right into it. Lenny Wilkens a longtime great Sonic, a legend -- he has Lenny Wilkens Way. Sue Bird Court runs right into it. So we're working a corner there. -Oh, that's really exciting. They're working the corners. -Yeah. Yeah, we're good. -I like that, like, "How is Sue doing after retirement?" "She working the corner." [ Laughter ] -Doing my part, doing my part. -And I want to ask about the podcast, as well. You guys are gonna stick around for me? -Absolutely . -Alright, you guys, we will be right back with more Sue and Megan after this.