“On the way to becoming the perfect champion, you have to know how to lose,” says Robert Glinza in the Between the Medals campaign launched by Banca Transilvania in partnership with the Romanian Olympic Sports Committee. Failures pave the way for success, but in order to achieve that, you must learn to overcome the pressure and always give your best.

“On the way to becoming the perfect champion, you have to know how to lose. The more you accumulate less pleasant experiences, the more pleasant the success will be when it happens,” said Robert Glinza. And in order to achieve performance, you have to change yourself, you have to understand that your life is built from sports: “High-performance sports are more than hours of training, they are a 24/7 lifestyle” – Robert Glinza.

“Pressure is always a very good thing,” says Robert, who also mentions how important it is to be able to manage it properly.

“For me, being told that I was, for example, the first European champion among men was more of a responsibility, because I wanted to continue this trend, I wanted everyone who believed in me or saw something special in me to see that they’re right, and that it’s not just a coincidence or that what I’m doing is the real deal.” – Robert Glinza

But what to do when the psyche helps, and the body needs a break?

You respond like a champ: “I’ve had many times where my body can’t handle my 200% mentality and just builds up so much lactic acid in the muscle cell that it actually shuts down. But even in those moments, my mentality is to throw as hard as I can to get the best result.”

Robert, like any champion who knows what sacrifice means, but also the joy of the podium, says that all limitations are created to overcome them: “I decided to fight the pain, just ignore it when it appears . Beal and I are best friends.”

Never forget the fun

“In general, there is a good mood in everything. What remains to be done is simply to enjoy swimming as quickly as possible.” – Robert Glinza.

The Romanian flag was raised to the highest height of joy and proudly carried by the athletes. They noticed the proud smiles of such success.

What was not visible was thousands of hours of training, clapping, pain in every fiber. This could only be seen in the halls, on the fields in the morning, on the athletic tracks.

We admire the effort put into these medals and support them for the next ones. We have no choice.

BT and COSR – a partnership to support the efforts of Romanian athletes.