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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.
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Win or lose, I believe in giving my best and that is what I always do.
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I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.
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It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.
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I am pleased with the fitness that I have.
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Badminton is a cruel sport.
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I have admired Taufik Hidayat for being exceptionally talented and Hendrawan for being a great player only because of his hard work and dedication. I have always looked up to them as players.
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It is our responsibility, but not burden, to be champions.
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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.
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It should not all be about badminton.
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Success is not judged by just success in a particular championship.
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Of course, in China, there's already plenty of people who like badminton. I'm hoping more foreigners, Americans, and other countries can get into this sport.
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Lee Chong Wei is no doubt the best men's singles opponent I've played, and this gives me extra motivation to raise my game each time I play against him.
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I invite Mr. Lee Chong Wei to visit China frequently.
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If you play a match, then you got to give it all to beat the opponent; there is nothing like playing against a great or a non-great player. I treat them all as opponents and aim to beat them.
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I need to practice every day to be at my best for winning the third gold at the Rio Olympics.
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During the off-season, I try to increase my practice sessions, and I am also training with my coaches.
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I hope to spend more time with my family.
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I love badminton, and representing China is an honour for me.
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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.
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I have worked very hard to achieve this. If others also work hard, they can also achieve as much.
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Before I turned 30, through a lot of hard work and support, I won many badminton titles. But after turning 30, Lin Dan should change that mindset and start in a new direction and do things that are more meaningful.
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I have never considered any player as my competitor; each one of them is good and talented, and my job is to beat them.
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When I decided to come back, I wanted to prove to the rest of the world I'm still the best.
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I'm no longer young, but I still enjoy the competition and the feeling of that.
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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.
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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.
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Every time I am not playing, I am training harder to keep myself fit.
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I am training 8-9 hours a day and will give my best shot for Rio.
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It is for me to realise my value and put in the effort to win big tournaments.
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Being a professional athlete, we all want to win the title.
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Team competition is my priority.
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Of course every player wants to go from good to better, but one should not be obsessed with it.
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Lee is such a brilliant rival. I treasure the opportunities we have to play each other.
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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.
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I just want to play my game.
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I hope Lee's scandal isn't real.
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I still want to see the Lin-Lee rivalry; those games always bring great fun for the fans.
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I hope to play well and get better and better.
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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.
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I don't need to prove myself through competition anymore.
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I want to enjoy the life.
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The gold medals from world championships and National Games prove the efficiency of my daily training.
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I hope wholeheartedly that badminton will be as popular and respected as tennis one day.
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At every Olympic Games, anything can happen that nobody can predict, so I did my best to win.
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You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.
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Marriage has changed things. I have my own family now.
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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.
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I have played against many players, but I will always consider Lee Chong Wei as my toughest competitor.
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