Olympians, Nobel laureates, EGOT winners, and more on how good it feels to win
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Megan Rapinoe On winning the World Cup in 2019: “This [World Cup], I feel like we had so much more riding on it with equal pay and just with what’s happening at home, and you know, maybe this being my last one. Hopefully not, but potentially — I’m not getting any younger. But I just felt like, ‘God, we really have to win this. Like, if we don’t win this, this sucks.’ … It was like we needed to win.
Simone Biles “Suddenly, everything I’d just gone through came rushing in: the exhaustion from the Worlds competition, the dreamlike medal ceremony, the girls with whom I’d shared the win, my parents looking on in disbelief and joy, my brothers being so happy for me, the photographers, the press, the Italians, Aimee, Martha, all of it. In that moment, the full force of what I had done finally hit me. I had competed at Worlds. And won.
Lena Waithe On her Emmy win for Best Writing in a Comedy Series: “I think [my mom] was really worried and scared for me, like okay, you’re a black woman, and now you’re gay as well, so you’re really gonna have a hard time out in the world … My mom’s fear was that I would be ostracized, so for me to be on that Emmys stage and get a standing ovation because of an episode I wrote about what it means to be a queer black woman, was just a huge moment — not just for the industry and the world, but...
Naomi Osaka On winning the U.S. Open in 2018: “A lot of people ask me how I feel after [I won] the U.S. Open. But for me, it feels like a fresh start. I’m just really excited every time I play a match … I don’t feel pressure.” — The Guardian, January 2019 Adele On winning the Grammy Award for Best Album, Record and Song of the Year: “The Grammys means a lot to me, obviously, it’s kind of the award show, so I’m very, very humbled. And that accomplishment, I feel very lucky to achieve.
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