Rio Olympic divers Steele Johnson, David Boudia want to be remembered for 'loving & serving Jesus Christ' rather than Olympic medals

Olympian divers Steele Johnson and David Boudia glorified God for their skills and passion in diving as they represented the United States at the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The duo, who glorified God on separate instances, bagged the Olympic silver medal last Monday for the 10-meter men's synchronized platform diving.

Johnson, a 20-year-old first-time Olympian, described the experience of getting into the Olympics as "cool," "exciting" and "fun" but that he didn't want "Steele Johnson the Olympian" to be his identity for the rest of his life. Rather, the young athlete said he wanted "to love and serve Christ."

"My identity is rooted in Christ, not in the flips we're doing," Johnson told NBC Sports.

He also revealed only recently that he suffers from a memory loss since his accident in 2009 that cracked his skull open and nearly killed him. He credits his diving coach John Wingfield for the rescue and keeping him alive.

Johnson admitted he wanted to turn his accident into a story of a "kid that had the big injury and came back from it and made the Olympics and all that stuff," but he now considers the idea as "super selfish." He attributed his ability and passion for diving to God and added that he's "gone from a selfish desire to be like some cool story to a selfless desire, like, God kept me alive and He is still giving me the ability to do what I do."

Johnson's 27-year-old and three-time Olympian diving pair, Boudia, also credited his diving coach Adam Soldati for turning his life around during his college years at Purdue University in an autobiography "Greater Than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption" released Aug. 2.

Boudia converted to Christianity and talked about his "radical change" as a result. He referred to God as "perfect" and "totally sovereign over everything." Prior to his Olympic gold win at the London Olympics in 2012, Boudia said he submitted to God and was "totally content" at whatever the result of the games might be.