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But in Korea, we are all of one race . We can talk with one heart and on

e mind , and of course this is true in many countries, including Japan ,

but for convenience, I will only talk about Korea here . Then, if we can
communicate , understand each other , and have the conditions to work

together , if we use this as one asset , if we hold meetings together, gat

her strength together, and work together , we can become number one
in the world. There is no reason not to . So one of them was that I plac

ed my bet on this training center .

It was not easy to create and donate 120,000 pyeong of land . However

, by donating this, I thought that if I could make it so that someday, 100
or 200 years from now, people who participate in sports will have to go

to the Korea World Sports Leaders' Association even if they don't kno

w about other places , then I thought that this would bring enormous w
ealth to Korea . So I thought of sports as the first industry in Korea . T

he word ‘sports industry’ has been used since 1992 . I was treated li

ke a crazy person . What kind of industry is sports ? I said that there w
ould come a time when one star would be bigger than one company . I

was evaluated as a fool . Winning a medal at the Olympics is not that gr

eat . It was declared that the effect of that single medal is truly astrono

mical .

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