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The Olympics are only once every four years, so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.

The Olympics meant everything to me. Going through them is like nothing else you will ever experience. For those few weeks, you are in another world. At that point, I couldn't see how there could ever be anything better.

Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.

The Olympic games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well.

You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away.

I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.

I wish to clarify that I have absolutely not made a decision regarding my participation in the next Olympics. On a personal level, playing in the Olympics would be a huge honour. However, the Games in Rio are still four years away and I certainly won't be making any decisions with regards to participating any time soon.