Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you will push each other, you will encourage each other.
The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.
In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.
I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.
She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the sky.
A feather when viewed separately may seem like only a feather, But when seen through the eyes of truth it is a sacred instrument that lifts a bird in flight.
In all religions, the quickening spirit has been symbolically represented as a bird. At the baptism, when Jesus' body was in the water, the Spirit of Christ descended into it as a dove.
Every beauty must be completed by another beauty: Windows with flowers, trees with birds, mountains with fogs, life with goodness…
In winter, you fed the birds; and in summer, do the same thing! In winter, you gave them bread; and in summer, give them water!
Give food to the birds, you will then be surrounded by the wings of love, you will be encompassed by the joys of little silent hearts!
All the great feelings like goodness, love or compassion eliminate the gravity and thus the wingless man rises like a bird.
In a beautiful morning, walking barefoot to the work through the green fields with the company of the singing birds... and there you shall meet the real happiness!
An innocent bird is not innocent from the insect’s point of view! Only man can attain the rank of innocence through becoming a peaceful vegetarian!
Bird leaves the land to enjoy the freedom; man leaves his thoughts to enjoy the silence. Meditation is man’s flying to the land of silence.
Nature is my temple; trees are my priests; birds, my rabbis; rains, my imams! Nature is my only true and eternal religion.
Birds needs trees and mankind needs both of them! Protecting the nature and environment is not only a matter of ethics but also a matter of existence.
An old horse, an old bird, an old man, an old tree, they all represent a great survival in the jungle of cosmos; they deserve to be applauded and respected!
Lonely trees are not lonely; they have their eternal companies: Songs of the birds; shadows of the clouds; lights of the Moon; whispers of the winds… Lonely trees are not lonely!
No one can know the infinite importance of a tiny drop of water better than a thirsty bird or a little ant or a man of desert!
A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can’t see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise voices!
Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.
