"My inspiration came mostly during the national schools championship itself as when you see other athletes celebrating…"

"Well, obviously there were those that looked at me like I did not belong, but most of them were okay as all over the …"

"Uhm… Judo. Judo has always been the first sport that truly lifted and helped me get to where I am."

"It was very tough. I spent three years at SIT and during my first year I struggled a lot as there were many internati…"

"Yes. I mean, I set this record at a young age, so now I have to always live up to it and it is quite a burden for me …"

"I was really happy as it was not something I had expected to achieve, but it is something that showed all my hard wor…"

"I will say that it is very difficult to succeed nowadays, so I want to urge all the youths to work hard and never giv…"

"I'm planning on coming back stronger, win conference, go to regionals, go to nationals, go all the way"

"I used concrete blocks and sandbags for weights. I'd do an hour of weight training at home in the morning. My uncle, …"

"At lunchtime I'd train at the Domain. I ran in army boots for 30-45 minutes. The theory was that when I didn't have t…"