I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
When I get the questions, I answer what I can answer. If they ask me about the match, I cannot really say that I like eating bananas.
There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
I find that after every win, there is a new surge in motivation because it feels so good. I am addicted to winning. That sounds terrible, but it is true you are addicted to that feeling.
When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
It's not hard to motivate myself because once you get a taste for winning races, you simply don't want to do anything else. You get a buzz from it. You want it every day. Only someone who has experienced winning can understand how good it feels.
The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.
The main thing is just really to play my game... and while you are playing the match, as it goes along, you kind of figure things out.
I am never more or less motivated for a fight - it's always the same.