A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

The Olympics must be my curse or something.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.