LIN DAN

You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.

I hope to spend more time with my family.

Success is not judged by just success in a particular championship.

Every time I am not playing, I am training harder to keep myself fit.

When I decided to come back, I wanted to prove to the rest of the world I'm still the best.

Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.

I love badminton, and representing China is an honour for me.

I am training 8-9 hours a day and will give my best shot for Rio.

I am pleased with the fitness that I have.

The gold medals from world championships and National Games prove the efficiency of my daily training.

There is no secret. It is all about doing the same things time and time again. It is all about doing the best every day.

I still want to see the Lin-Lee rivalry; those games always bring great fun for the fans.

Lee is such a brilliant rival. I treasure the opportunities we have to play each other.

In the past, my family made a lot of sacrifices. We never got to spend much time together because I was always training. I think now I need to spend as much time as I can with them. This is the life I should have.

I hope to play well and get better and better.

It is difficult to single out any one player, as I aim to give my best against every single player that I have played so far against.

I want to enjoy the life.

When you fully focus in the match, you don't think too much about the atmosphere and the climate. Even if the temperature goes up, we will both sweat the same.

The biggest problem for badminton is wind direction and lighting. If those problems are not solved, it seriously impacts players' performances on the court. If a high-level player's performance is affected by these factors, they suffer setbacks and cannot be fully satisfied on the court.

At every Olympic Games, anything can happen that nobody can predict, so I did my best to win.

I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.

I am no genius; I just worked hard like my other teammates, and I believe all my teammates can win the title as they work hard, too.

Many people, including those from the BWF, don't really understand what the main problems in badminton are and what it most needs because many officials are not competitors.

Of course every player wants to go from good to better, but one should not be obsessed with it.

During the off-season, I try to increase my practice sessions, and I am also training with my coaches.