What Andrea Fuentes has said about Retirement from professional sport
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 17, 2026
Andrea Fuentes, Spanish Olympic medalist in artistic swimming and national team coach, has been quoted on Retirement from professional sport 2 times in 1 episode of Tomorrow, Today, most recently on October 17, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Fuentes argued that leaving something for a place where one will grow more is evolution rather than giving up.
“for me when you when you think there's another place where you're gonna grow more that's not giving up”
Tomorrow, Today: Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar Natarajan (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 29:51
Fuentes described sports retirement at 30 as the hardest part of an athlete's career, like being born again.
“And this is the most difficult thing about sports retirement because you are 30 and it's like you're born again and like you're five”
Tomorrow, Today: Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar Natarajan (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 46:13
Episodes
Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar NatarajanTomorrow, Today · Oct 17, 2026 · 1 h 28 min
Shekhar Natarajan talks with Olympic artistic swimmer and coach Andrea Fuentes about failure, fear, grief, rebuilding the US team and her coaching philosophy.
Andrea Fuentes on other topics
- Coaching and leadership · 6 quotes
- Courage and curiosity · 2 quotes
- 2022 World Aquatics Championships · 2 quotes
- USA Artistic Swimming · 2 quotes
- Artistic swimming · 2 quotes
- Grief · 1 quote
- Breath-holding and hypoxic blackout · 1 quote
- Emotional abuse in sport · 1 quote