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We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes.

Every athlete, I think, would like to play forever. They never want to acknowledge that they've lost a step or they can't quite do what they did before.

I think we can be competitive on and off the field and create a model where our athletes are scholars and learners, too.

I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the contributions in the field of public life, business, law, medicine, and the military of those who actively participated in athletics.

As athletes, our job is to train and compete.

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.