I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've lost a lot more races than I've ever won... it's all part of the journey, really.
I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive.
I race to win, not to please people.
I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.
Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.
The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team.
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
It might sound stupid, but I don't enter a race to win - I enter a race because I love racing.
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.