Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.
Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.
The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.
It's very hard to win anything in athletics.
Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
As a league player, for myself, you strive to win a comp. I'm lucky enough to have achieved that... but most sportspeople would love to go to the Olympics, and I haven't achieved that.
For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.
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