I am a professional athlete and pressure is a part of every professional sport. It will be a dream come true for me if I could defeat the Chinese on my way to a medal, so if there’s pressure, there’s also incentive.

Josh Hamilton - Roberto Canessa

For retired sportswomen it is particularly problematic. Not only have they not ever earned very much money, they've probably got no pension, no house, no security," says Hathorn.
"And that's an issue for girls' aspirations: why would they want to become athletes if that's what the future holds?

[https://www.naomiosaka.com/ Official website] in (English and Japanese)

[https://www.70yearsmg.com/athletes/nawal-el-moutawakel/ Biography of Nawal]

[https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/naomi-osaka/800357962/jpn/wt/s/overview/ Naomi Osaka] at the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tennis_Federation International Tennis Federation]

[https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319998/- Naomi Osaka] at the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association Women's Tennis Association]

All sportspersons are in the villages. We have to search and nurture them. Rural sports is the only way to find real talents, otherwise we won't get it

I thought Bolt was amazing, I mean, beating the world record and slowing down at the end, how galling has that got the for the other athletes? I never managed to do anything in 9.69 seconds, it took me ten seconds to watch him do that.