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The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way?

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself.

With the responsibility of being a professional athlete, I believe that it is on us to go out there and help people.

I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.