Playing for the country is an honour. The ultimate honour, in fact. If you want to look at it as pressure, you will find it very difficult to cope with the expectations of a billion people. I look at it as an opportunity, as being among the few who have been given this opportunity to make the country proud.

I am proud of my country. I have always wanted to represent my country since I was a junior athlete and if offered the opportunity to run at the Olympic Games, I will do my level best to make the country proud.

I am so proud to have won this, not just for me, but for my country.

"This was for my tennis and I think it was a long time coming and I’m very honoured … We did nothing but play for our nation".

I feel really excited about winning. I've had my mind on gold ever since the very beginning. I believed I would get it and I did.

By the time the World Cup in 2015 came along, it was like I was always eager to play. I loved playing the big tournaments -- the World Cup and the Olympics. I loved being there and seeing the crowd cheering me on, watching me doing my best and doing what I love the most.

It's a game i will forever cherish, it was a great moment for me as a player and as a person. Representing your country and reciting the national anthem for everyone to see is a feeling that you cannot describe, and i give thanks to God.

It is a dream come true for me. I have dreamed of playing here for a long time, and when I saw the draw and knew that we would be playing at Old Trafford, I wanted to play, and I prayed to God to get an opportunity to play. So I got it, and I'm happy I played here.

But I believed that I could make it, and to make it and grab that gold medal, I'm proud,

After that the tournament, I realised my potential and decided to the take the game more seriously. By then, cricket in Rwanda was still at a low level and we performed poorly but I was very happy to represent my country,

The only thing that was on my mind was, 'I want to play for India one day,' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will.

The aim has always been to play for the country and bring laurels. It remains the same.

Every player’s dream is to win laurels for her country or club.

I wanted to win. No, that’s not right. I simply didn’t want to lose.