Top 30 Lin Dan Quotes

During the off-season, I try to increase my practice sessions, and I am also training with my coaches.

Badminton is a cruel sport.

In the past, my family made a lot of sacrifices. We never got to spend much time together because I was always training. I think now I need to spend as much time as I can with them. This is the life I should have.

It is our responsibility, but not burden, to be champions.

I have never considered any player as my competitor; each one of them is good and talented, and my job is to beat them.

I hope wholeheartedly that badminton will be as popular and respected as tennis one day.

I am no genius; I just worked hard like my other teammates, and I believe all my teammates can win the title as they work hard, too.

I need to practice every day to be at my best for winning the third gold at the Rio Olympics.

I have worked very hard to achieve this. If others also work hard, they can also achieve as much.

Marriage has changed things. I have my own family now.

Being a professional athlete, we all want to win the title.

I don’t need to prove myself through competition anymore.

Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.

It should not all be about badminton.

When I decided to come back, I wanted to prove to the rest of the world I’m still the best.

I want to enjoy the life.

If you play a match, then you got to give it all to beat the opponent; there is nothing like playing against a great or a non-great player. I treat them all as opponents and aim to beat them.

I have admired Taufik Hidayat for being exceptionally talented and Hendrawan for being a great player only because of his hard work and dedication. I have always looked up to them as players.

I am pleased with the fitness that I have.

There is no secret. It is all about doing the same things time and time again. It is all about doing the best every day.

It is difficult to single out any one player, as I aim to give my best against every single player that I have played so far against.

Team competition is my priority.

At every Olympic Games, anything can happen that nobody can predict, so I did my best to win.

Before I turned 30, through a lot of hard work and support, I won many badminton titles. But after turning 30, Lin Dan should change that mindset and start in a new direction and do things that are more meaningful.

Win or lose, I believe in giving my best and that is what I always do.

It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.

I’m no longer young, but I still enjoy the competition and the feeling of that.

I hope Lee’s scandal isn’t real.

Every time I am not playing, I am training harder to keep myself fit.

You don’t just need skills and talent, you also need luck.