Caster Semenya Quotes

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they fight.

I want to focus on football and just go on the pitch to do my thing.

When I was five, I joined a club, 'Excelsior', the club of Kralingen, in the first division. I was always training. On a free afternoon, I did individual work with Aad Putters, my youth trainer. Not with the idea growing to be a star, but for fun.

Coaching 'The Ultimate Fighter' in my weight class, I couldn't do it. I'd basically be coaching people to beat me. I'm going to give you my riddle?

Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league.

My brother Wladimir will be responsible for further sporting successes.

I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.

For a player, it is important to work and work well and improve every day in pre-season.

I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

I played sports in high school and in college.

I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

An Olympic pursuit really takes a full three to four years of Olympic preparation.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

It used to break my heart that I didn't get to start in varsity soccer!

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches.

I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.

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.

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

I probably went into sports with a sense of competitiveness and came out of it even more competitive.