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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.

Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win.

I've always won, and I'm going to continue to win. And that's the way it is.

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.

Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.

I always played to win.

My feelings, as the last ball travelled over the net, and as I realized that the final match was mine, I cannot describe. I felt that here was a prize for all the games I had ever played.

I wanted to win, even in practice.

I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning.