Key players in the world of sports talk about post career transition:
| 6/19/2009 |
Cycling - World Champion |
| |
>>
more
|
|
 |
| |
You must look at life like a competition and thus prepare ahead of time the career transition as well as keep in touch with real life when your sports career stops |
|
| 2/22/2009 |
Rugby – South African international player |
| |
>>
more
|
|
|
| |
I did not plan my end of career but had to stop it due to a serious injury. The transition was thus a difficult exercise. You are changing world over night. You are no more part of it. You need help but it is hard to find it. If I can give any athlete an advice: you career can stop at anytime, keep it in mind; thus devote some time to prepare for you next life, it is worth it, believe me. |
|
| 1/20/2008 |
Athletics - World Champion, Multi world record holder |
| |
>>
more
|
|
|
| |
When you are in your highs you obviously don't think about you post career endeavours. But when you start to feel that it is getting more difficult to succeed, when all the little signals announcing retirement start to blink, when you don't what to see or accept it, the its time to seriously start preparing your career transition. I didn't do it like many others, and I regret it deeply |
|
| 7/10/2007 |
Swimming Olympic Gold and Silver medallist |
| |
>>
more
|
|
|
| |
I have tried to prepare for it. I thought (all) doors would be open for me, but they weren't or closed very quickly. Olympic medals and world championship titles are by far not enough to succeed in your next career. It needs solid preparation and professional support |
|
| 2/6/2007 |
Soccer - France National team player |
| |
>>
more
|
|
|
| |
During your career you see other athletes suffering major career transition disasters.
You never believe it could happen to you, but it can.
|
|
| 1/15/2007 |
Tennis - Former top 10 ATP |
| |
>>
more
|
|
|
| |
Once you finish your sports career, it's like a death and a new birth; you got to start again from scratch!!! |
|
| 10/3/2006 |
Ice Skating - Top 3 world ranking |
| |
>>
more
|
|
|
| |
When you end your career, you are confronted with a new, unknown world, with its own rules, constraints and codes. You have not been prepared at all for it, it's very tough to digest. Anything can happen. |
|
