感慨萬千~~
2019年6月13日，大馬男單一哥李宗偉宣布結束25年的羽球生涯，淚灑布城的大馬青年體育部。
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李宗偉近日在自己的官方社交媒體上載中英文雙語貼文，回憶一年前的今天。
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(Part 2) Suddenly my phone kept vibrating. My teammates. My relatives. My close friends. Words spread. They knew. I declined all their calls, trying to remain steady. I read their messages and heard their voice messages. Some cried. Some offered support. Many said thank you with pictures of me holding cups and the national flag. Met my ex coaches Datuk Misbun, Datuk Seu Bock, Hendrawan at the center. They patted me and the pack. The conversations were short. Been with me too long. They knew I was focusing, trying to keep my emotions intact. I simply didn’t want to cry in public. Not in front of millions of live Malaysian and international audience. Sat in between Datuk Seri Norza and Yb Sy Saddiq. I started off my speech. It was unimpressive. Facing the crowd, I didn’t remember the script at all, only relying on the key points to carry me through. Grammar out. Bahasa out. But I thought still okay. As long I didn’t crumble. Inside, I was trembling, shattering... Then, started to thank my coaches, my team. All a sudden, flashbacks of how I trained in Penang came first. Flashbacks of my early morning trainings, jokes and banters with teammates, the walks into the court, the shouts of ‘Lee Chong Wei” from fans, the emotions of standing on the podium looking at the Malaysian flag”. I couldn’t hold back. I teared. It has been a year. A year since I announced an end to my 25 years active badminton career span. It would never be the same for me again, but I think I still made the right decision. After all, I have given my all, my best, although sometimes the best may not be good enough…
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他在英文的貼文中提到，曾一度想打消退役的念頭，不過在衝好涼後站在鏡子前，當看到自己頸部在接受治療後的痕跡和瘦弱無肌肉的身體就立下了退役的決心。
李宗偉在太太黃妙珠的支持與陪同下展開人生的另一個階段，在記者會上宣布退役的決定。
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原文如下：
一年前的今天，我宣布退役，結束我在馬來西亞國家隊19年的羽毛球生涯！過去一年我有更多的時間陪伴家人，也履行了承諾帶老婆去旅行，幸運的是當時候還沒有爆發新冠疫情，一切安排得剛剛好。
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別問我會不會想念球場。
19年的國家隊，6年檳州隊一員，25年羽毛球職業生涯，占了我大半輩子人生，球迷們在場上一次一次大喊我的名字，那個場景那個聲音，午夜夢回還總會在耳邊回蕩。
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真心感謝球迷們對我的支持和愛護，就算我退役了，這份熱情也少不了，還有謝謝教練團隊，羽協主席，羽協的全體上下，所有幫助過我的愛我的朋友們……
陽光總在風雨後，這個行管令讓我們有更多時間沉澱自己，好好想想未來人生；生活繼續，加油努力，我們後會有期望。
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