Alex Schwazer: “Remembering certain things is a bit painful.”

Alex Schwazer’s words to RTL 102.5

Alex Schwazer spoke during ‘Non Stop News,’ a magazine that airs on RTL 102.5

“Telling my story in front of the cameras was not hard, in recent years all my events have already been highlighted. I have nothing to hide and have no problem laying myself bare again. The most difficult thing has been to remember things that happened almost 20 years ago,” the Italian marcher began. “Remembering certain things is certainly a bit painful, but by now they are things past. I have worked hard to overcome certain events, in everyday life they no longer touch me as they did before.”

“I won the Olympics, so I went far beyond my dreams. I am very grateful for my career. I consider myself a very lucky athlete, I have had some incredible experiences and great successes,” Schwazer continued.

Along with the successes also came many sacrifices: “I felt like I was in a cage from which I was unable to get out on my own. Sport is a great passion, but it stops being a passion when it becomes a burden. For me it happened at that time, I was a prisoner of it. Positivity allowed me to give up certain things and take care of my personal life. I am the same person as I was 20 years ago, but with many more experiences. Certain things make you grow and mature; today I feel much more of a man than before, where I was just ‘the athlete.’ With time I realized that I was not only that but many other things.”