When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.
As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.
One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well.
As an athlete, success is not just about winning; it is about working hard and giving it all you have. I have always taken one match at a time and worked hard; when I succeeded, I worked further on the aspects of the game which worked for me; when I failed, I listed out my weaknesses and worked on them.
At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.
The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level.
I was very athletic when I was younger and I am a very competitive person, so I never give up.
When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.
As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.