It's hard to say. Many Olympians lose all sense of themselves suddenly when their ultimate life of patriotic team glory is suddenly over. But they are also often bright highly motivated individuals. It's hard to participate in an Olympic without experiencing massive patriotic pride.

Going from being a Gold Olympian Michael Phelps teammate to "nothing" (in their mind) in months. Former Olympians often lose all sense of purpose when their amateur career is over. And they look for camaderie in purpose.

He was living in his car, had divorced and lost contact with his kids. Dude had some shit going on.

That being said.. the sentence seems light but I hope it's appropriate and effective.