During most of the long running reality series about Bruce Jenner and the Kardashian clan, Jenner’s served as mostly a side character — one who shakes his head at family matriarch Kris Jenner’s behavior, gives fatherly advice at times, and very occasionally has a few problems of his own.

But in one episode, he decides it’s time that some of his children come to see him give a motivational speech to see exactly what he does for money to furnish their lifestyle. It’s money that is only a fraction of the money the family’s incredible publicity machine brought in, but it was a glimpse at what made Jenner famous in the first place: His spot in Olympic history.

People getting divorced is incredibly sad, even when it’s couples that we all enjoy gossiping about. So after the Jenner clan confirmed to E! the longstanding rumors were true that they had split, we can only hope there’s brighter things ahead of them. And for one part of that couple, that’s remembering the incredible history of his athletic accomplishments that often seemed to get left behind.