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Blessing Okagbare
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“There is no magic in sports, as much as we the athletes want to go there and win, but there is always somebody who is working harder than you are, and more is being invested in that person than in you.”
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“It starts from the way you eat or sleep, the people you surround yourself with, the people that educate you, the people that sponsor you, the people that tell you that you can do it, versus Nigerians, the majority of whom just criticize.”
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“You get to another stage of your life where you just don’t say things or do things like ‘I don’t know if I want to do this thing, I’m not sure’, no you have to want it, that’s just it.”
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“Sports is big business. You have to invest. And you know we have great talents in Nigeria but you know, at the end of the day, all do not pay attention to these talents. They don’t prepare us for these major championships.”
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“I feel like most of the time, really some of us don’t pay so much attention on ourselves and try to put other people or other things into it. At the end of the day, we lose focus on the things we’re supposed to focus on.”
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“I am still missing that World Championships gold medal. I've got silver and bronze”
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“The year was like a blessing in disguise for me; I know I still have it, just that this whole injury and health issues have taken a lot from me”
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“Mentally I was fine, but physically, my body was not there and I kept fighting, which made everything worse.”
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“I can still train, I still have a lot to accomplish. I just have to stay healthy so as to compete very well.”
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“My major focus right now is to start to get healthy again”
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“Mentally, I am always there. There is this confidence that you take to a competition as an athlete that makes you know you are ready, you are healthy.”
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“We got real potential because these guys are coming really fast, but we just have to pay attention to them and nurture them properly, which is something we lack”
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“I am looking forward to Tokyo 2020 and I believe everything will fall in place for me.”
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“Maybe I will take part in just one event.”
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“When you are self-motivated and believe in yourself that you can do it, and someone is out there to call you and encourage you, it goes a long way mentally for an athlete”
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“We need to focus on grooming athletes properly and educate them”
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“Passion is a key thing that drives someone to be successful”
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“We lack maintenance culture; not only in other things but sports also”
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“Most of the people out there don't really put enough passion needed into the game.”
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“We have to actually start grooming, nurturing and taking care of our athletes properly.”
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“You have failed on your end and they can't continue to depend on you and keep on waiting.”
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“We have seen many of our talents going to other countries. It's not a good thing, but at the end of the day, that's the only choice they are left with.”
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“If, as an administrator, you don't have the passion to do the right thing at the right time, then we will continue to fail.”
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“There are certain things that if you were doing them for other countries, you would have been far better than what you are now but with Nigeria it’s like an advanced labour issue.”
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“Prior to coming here was bad, I don’t understand what they wanted us to do in Rio. At times you go to other countries, mix with the athletes and you see a people getting quality support. But it’s not so with the Nigerian contingent. It comes to a point where you just try to do everything for the sake of your passion as well as for your fans.”
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“Some of the girls come to me and we talk. Some times when they say these things (about how bad they feel), I just feel like these people feel the same way I feel. Everything about Rio was just low. This is the worst Olympics we’ve had.”
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“It didn’t feel like an Olympic for me but not because I didn’t win a medal. This is my third Olympics and I have been to Olympics that everything was so cheerful and the athletes were very happy. But for this Rio, I don’t know about other people in Team Nigeria as I’m speaking for myself, the morale was just low”
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“I don’t know, I was still trying my best, but you don’t force it. You just get in line and run, because you’ve been doing that training already. I can’t explain it, so let’s leave it there. When you go to a major championship, you don’t think too long. You don’t have that time.”
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“Like this competition, I put in my commitment despite having good reasons to stay away. I had some injuries but I worked so hard to come in here (Rio), and when the competition started it was just different; it was just like I wasn’t in it.”
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“No, I wasn’t reluctant to run, I was ready and I felt like I was in the best shape of my life coming here (Rio Olympics). It still surprises me (how things turned out). I posted something on Facebook that there are certain things that don’t make sense, there are things that you just don’t understand.”
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“The way I am, I don’t talk about medal this, or medal that. I’m not one who predict things or say what I am going to win before any competition, so I avoid answering questions like this.”
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“You don’t bring that kind of stuff to athletes in the name of encouragement because we know what other athletes from other countries get. It’s been a problem and every year, I wish things would be different”
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“No, no, I can’t tell you what I’m thinking; I don’t let people get into my head. That’s personal. But talking about Rio, it’s been the worse we’ve had mentally, physically. The atmosphere is too cold; it’s been very cold out there. No encouragement at all.”
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“They supported us and we were quite encouraged. But in Rio it’s like all they just wanted was for you to show your face and leave. I don’t know but it’s as if they didn’t want us to come here. Last time I heard the minister say a gold medal winner would get $2000 and I asked ‘is that what a gold medal is worth?’”
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“I went to Beijing when I was 19. I was so young and naive. Beijing was one of the best Olympics for us; we had entitlements, encouragement and all.”
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