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b"Did you see the Americans\\u2019 sweep the hurdles last night? Do you go to bed at night still thinking about Katie Ledecky breaking her own world records? Do you have dozens of hours of unwatched pool play handball games on your DVR? We have a podcast for you. Two-time Olympian Josh Davis\\u2014who swam with Michael Phelps in his last Olympics\\u2014and recently-returned-from-Rio correspondent Tim Ellsworth joined Quick to Listen this week. Despite the euphoria of attending the games and winning medals\\u2014Davis won five medals during his trips to the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 games\\u2014making the transition back to the real world can be difficult at times. \\u201cI think everyone experiences it to varying degrees, but there is a letdown,\\u201d said Davis. \\u201cWhen you come off a church retreat, church camp, summer project, mission trip, and you come back to the regular world, it\\u2019s like \\u2018Oh man.\\u2019 It\\u2019s kind of like leaving heaven.\\u201d Sharing his experiences with young people across the country ultimately made the transition easier, says Davis, a public speaker, who just got a job leading Oklahoma Christian University\\u2019s new swim program. London 2012 gold medalist David Boudia would relate to the letdown feeling, says Ellsworth, who along with Boudia, recently co-wrote Greater Than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption, about the gold-medalist diver's life and faith. \\u201cEven though he had become a believer and even though in 2012 he knew that a gold medal was not the pinnacle of his existence and most precious thing in his life, I think there was still a part of him that thought that that would bring a sense of satisfaction in his life that he didn\\u2019t have otherwise,\\u201d said Ellsworth. Instead, Boudia soon realized that few things had changed\\u2014except the level of media attention and scrutiny\\u2014and the temptation to \\u201cput himself as the center of everything.\\u201d An eventual antidote: Boudia\\u2019s marriage to his wife, Sonny, and the birth of their daughter Dakota, helped him reset his priorities. Davis and Ellsworth joined Morgan and guest host Ted OIsen to talk about the biggest misconceptions that the public has about the games, finding Christian community in the Olympic village, and where evidence of athletes\\u2019 faith has been on display during the games.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"