Sport filled my whole life for many long years. It was my work, my joy, my hobby, my family, my friends, all my emotions and feelings, the air that I breathed and the element in which I lived. Sure, it required iron discipline and an ability to control my wishes, but in return I got freedom! Freedom from my own laziness, empty ambitions and falseness. Sport taught me to take decisions, to live in the here and now, and not to give up on my objectives…

And sport also taught me to value time and realize how important it is to fight for the prestige of my country. I’m convinced that the more people who do sport, the more beautiful and confident personalities we will have, the more interesting our society will be, and the stronger the country will be.

Now that I have new goals and ideas in my life, a new job and interests, I look back with gratitude and realize that it was true school of life. I will always do everything I can, everything within my power, to support and develop sport in our country and get more children and young people involved in it.