Susi Susanti: Love All (2019)

Laura Basuki: Susi Susanti

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• CNN Reporter : Hi, I'm Martha From CNN, live from Uber and Thomas cup in Hongkong. Right now, I'm with Susi Susanti from Indonesia. Susi, I have questions for you. With what happening in Indonesia, would you find a seeking assylum here or another countries? Many of compatriots Indonesian of Chinese descents have shoot protection to another countries. Do you still consider yourself Indonesia?

  Susi Susanti : You're right! Indonesia has led me down, and my family down and my team down! So no, I don't!

  CNN Reporter : You don't consider yourself Indonesia?

  Susi Susanti : No I don't consider and never have to, I am Indonesian and I'll always be!

• Susi Susanti : There can only be one winner, not two, and certainly not three.

• Susi Susanti : What is the true meaning of citizenship?

  Susi Susanti : As athletes, we only train to compete. To parry. To survive. To defend. To lose, only to fight another day. To fall and to recover. To find meaning in defeat. To know one's limit. To know one's responsibilities. To differentiate friends from foes. And to not differentiate friends from foes.

• Susi Susanti : Why do they say "love-all" before a match? What does it mean?

  Susi's Father : It means 0-0. But the real meaning is to love everyone, hence, love-all.

  Susi Susanti : Why love all?

  Susi's Father : Because we should play out of love. Love for the games, the spectators, the coaches and for the opponents, not just for the prizes.

  Susi Susanti : Love for the opponents, too?

  Susi's Father : Especially, the opponents. We are only as good as our opponents. If your opponents are weak, it doesn't take much to beat them. But if our opponents are strong, and we manage to beat them, then it shows that we are even stronger.