"Growth doesn’t always come easy. Good news is there’s always next week to try again and come back stronger."

"I’m so blessed to be the first to do this. I take so much pride in representing my country. It makes what I do bigger…"

"To be Filipino is something I take so much pride in. I don’t have a home tournament, so to be able to have this commu…"

"I think ‘yung talagang pinakanakaiyak sa akin is when they played Lupang Hinirang. Matagal ko nang pinapangarap ‘yon—…"

"I’m so over the moon. To be able to bring this sort of pride to my country is something I’ve only dreamt about."

"It was just so surreal. Just the experience of being with this team, I think we had such a good dynamic, that they re…"

"It’s a very different field, because this is something so unique to Southeast Asia, and it means something that a lot…"

"This has been something that people from my region look up to and dream about since they’re young."

"I would love to think that I make a difference. You know, that’s the only thing I can do to give back to my country i…"

"The court is not the place to belittle yourself."