Sun Yang Quotes

China, Swimmer
December 1, 1991

Sun Yang is a Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, he became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance from 200 metres to 1500 metres. A three-time Olympic gold medalist and nine-time world champion, he is also the most decorated Chinese swimmer in history. NBC Sports described Sun as "very arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time."

You can imagine how hard it is, but there's always a force that pushes me forward to do all I can!

Sun Yang
- Force
- Forward
- Pushes
Around the world, when China has good results, people always think something bad.

Sun Yang
- Bad
- Think
- Results

I think I will have an edge over my rivals in terms of confidence and experience.

Sun Yang
Sometimes we make a mistake. Don't treat us as the enemy.

Sun Yang
- Mistake
- Enemy
- Treat
1500 metre. I am the king.

Sun Yang
- King
- Metre
We are training as hard as all athletes in other countries.

Sun Yang
- Training
- Hard
- Countries
I just need to focus on myself. I think nobody should focus on others, whether they actually have a problem with Chinese swimming or not.

Sun Yang
- Myself
- Focus
- Need
There are indeed people with ulterior motives who don't wish Chinese swimming well; they even don't wish Asian swimming well. We cannot let these people's plans succeed.

Sun Yang
- Swimming
- Motives
- Asian

I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete.

Sun Yang
- Athlete
- Prove
- Clean
To me I treat each of my events as something to enjoy.

Sun Yang
- Enjoy
- Events
- Treat