As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.
There are three sportsmen: Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Lionel Messi. They perform with excellence, like most of us could never dream of.
For me, sitting there, watching them pass the ball, watching them train - you want to be around good players.
When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.
The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.
Bayern are a club where success is demanded, and second place isn't particularly appreciated. We have a history and culture to respect.
We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and find coaches. We have got to go out there and search for a star.
It's incredible to win an individual award in a team sport and also one where everybody wants to be able to say, 'I'm the best.'
The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.
It wasn't until '79 I won my first amateur championship, and then, by '81, I was 14, and I won my first world championship, which was amazing to me, and in a very real sense, that was the first real victory I had.
I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.
Winning the Olympic gold was amazing.
Obviously, everyone looks at whether we bring young footballers into the first team, that's one of the goals. But I wouldn't discard someone who is successful in life, that's big. The hall of fame in the academy should be a wide variety of stories.
I always win. I think, one season with Lazio, we didn't win anything, but our premier target was to take the Champions League place, and we got into the Champions League.
To me, being heavyweight world champion and Olympic sprint champion are the two greatest prizes in sport.
Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.
I played football in high school, I played baseball when I was younger, things like that, but I think it was the passion I had for track where you want to do an individual sport and be the best, I think - there's nothing that can replace that.
You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.
The ultimate dream of an athlete is to compete in the Olympics. For us athletes, that is the zenith. There is nothing beyond that.
It would be difficult to conceive a finer example of true sport.
I am absolutely happy to train Real Madrid. I have a wonderful challenge.
I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.
I honestly feel like my job since I was 22 has been to be an Olympian.
