Benjamin Boukpeti famous quotes

I'm calm and focused and I can't wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.
-- Benjamin Boukpeti

#Sports #Athlete #Waiting

At the Cardiff World Cup I really would like to make the final. The favorites are still Peter, Daniele or Vavra, but I will try to do my best in order to be closest as possible to these athletes.
-- Benjamin Boukpeti

#Athlete #Order #Trying

Pre-season was very challenging with the African Championships on my continent. Unfortunately, I failed to qualify for the Games there. It was an emotional moment for me due to the context, but I quickly accepted the result as evidence of what my preparation has been the past 3 years.
-- Benjamin Boukpeti

#Athlete #Past #Emotional

Being the first Olympic medallist of my country means that I have some obligations and it was a very tough job for me to resume a proper training schedule due to the (new) status I have in my country.
-- Benjamin Boukpeti

#Country #Jobs #Athlete

Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity, members of the ICF, my own National Olympic Committee, friends and athletes from the Slalom Community. When I got the wild card, it was the cherry on the cake that I could not have imagined. It was much more than I expected for myself.
-- Benjamin Boukpeti

#Athlete #Cake #Appreciate

I'm also conscious of what this confidence that has been placed in me means. I'm going to the Games through the back door but I'm working everyday to exit through the main door!
-- Benjamin Boukpeti

#Athlete #Mean #Doors

After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.

Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.

The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.

Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind--these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell. It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.

We're all waiting for the opportunity to do big films but you have to wait your turn - unless you get offered something like Twilight when you're 20! Otherwise, you just have to keep slogging away.

When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.