Sam Quek
British field hockey player
Samantha Ann Quek, MBE (born 18 October 1988) is an English television personality and former field hockey player. She played as a defender for both the England and Great Britain teams, wearing squad number 13, and won gold as part of the British team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Quotes edit
- The first thing as an Olympic athlete if you get selected to go to Paris, as soon as you are selected, not as a reserve, in the starting team, everything else goes out the window. Then you can breathe and focus on the job.
- Sam Quek recalls helplessness of Team GB selection process for Olympics: ‘My mind was gone’, INDEPENDENT, 09 November 2023 by Paul Edison
- We were constantly, analysing and thinking, maybe overthinking. But you learn to control what you can control. The run-up to the Olympics is not nice. You thrive under pressure, that’s what you do, but there nothing is in your control.
- Sam Quek recalls helplessness of Team GB selection process for Olympics: ‘My mind was gone’, INDEPENDENT, 09 November 2023 by Paul Edison
External links edit
- Questions of Sport(BBC One)
- Morning Live (BBC One)