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Stan Wawrinka is ready for Wimbledon: “I did not know if I would ever make it back. But I loved tennis too much not to try.”

Stan Wawrinka

Derek Jeter pens a letter to his younger self: “You’re going to live out your wildest dreams. You’ll be a Yankee. A champion. Even a Hall of Famer.”

Derek Jeter

Mikaela Shiffrin on losing her dad and the real nature of grief: “Some days, it’s so hard to put one foot in front of the other. That’s grief. That’s being a human.”

Mikaela Shiffrin

Jamie Chadwick on her goals: “I want to be that next female driver in Formula One. I want the next time I write here to be about my first championship in F1.”

Jamie Chadwick

Greig Laidlaw was born to play rugby: “I’m still so happy that rugby chose me. I’m so happy for everything that happened.”

Greig Laidlaw

Colin Wilson opens up: “When I shared my story here last year, I was holding something back.”

Colin Wilson

Jon Bolding shares what playing for the England powerchair football team means to him.

Jon Bolding

Bryan Danielson has a message for the WWE fans: “I loved my time in WWE. Needless to say, it changed my life.”

Bryan Danielson

Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni pens a letter to her father ahead of her Olympic debut.

Leticia Bufoni

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on why she runs: “Track is Jamaican culture. It’s tradition.” 

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Parisa and Kasra were medal-winning Taekwondo athletes in their homeland of Iran when they were forced to flee.

Kasra Mehdipournejad, Parisa Farshidi

Pur Biel hid with his mother and brothers in the bush to avoid government troops when civil war was ripping Sudan apart in 2005.

Pur Biel

Days away from competing for her second UFC belt, Jessica Andrade shares how she's challenged the status quo and changed the game forever.

Jéssica (Bate Estaca) Andrade
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We need to clearly show the next generation of young women the realities of sports.

Dina Asher-Smith

Ultimately, getting to leave your sport on your own terms is all you can really hope for as an athlete. 

Dan Carter