Hidilyn Diaz Quotes

Hidilyn Diaz

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 20, 1991

Athletes are people too, we go through a lot of things, but it all became easier when there was someone who could guide and counsel.

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I'm the breadwinner in my family.

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I don't know if I'm a national hero.

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But I'm thankful that God used me to inspire all the young generation and all the Philippines people to keep fighting during this pandemic.

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Maybe God brought me here to inspire the youth to engage in sports and teach them the value of sports.

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I am looking more at being a sports leader someday to have more influence with the youth and to hopefully spread weightlifting across the country.

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There are many roles of a coach. You will be the parent and will take responsibility over the athlete.

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I sacrificed a lot. I wasn't able to be with my mother and father for how many months and years and then of course, training was excruciating.

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We Filipino can compete here at the Olympics. We can do it.

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To all the young generation in the Philippines, please dream high.

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For me, even if there's an audience or not, I'm happy.

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I never played in Palarong Pambansa.

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I've proven that Filipino weightlifters can win a medal in the Olympics.

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With the help of the local government units (LGU) there's a chance weightlifting will be reintroduced again in Palarong Pambansa.

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There's no weightlifting event in Palaro, that's why I'm going here, hoping they consider including weightlifting again.

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When God gave me the chance to compete in the Rio Olympics, I thought that He gave me the chance and I needed to give it my all.

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I surrendered everything to God.

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I can't eat sugar and sweets. I miss eating cheesecake and drinking bubble tea with friends.

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The sacrifices you make are so hard when you're training every day.

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I just need to know my technique and visualize it.

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