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I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.

Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different people, which is very important.

We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and moving.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.

I think we should bring up our children with much less pressure to compete and get ahead: no comparing one child with another, at home or in school; no grades. Let athletics be primarily for fun, and let them be organized by children and youths themselves.