What was it like for Athens long jump champion Tatyana Lebedeva to lose one centimeter in China? What is growing up in a family of 13 children like the first Russian champion of Beijing, Nazir Mankiev? How can one of the inhabitants of a Moscow hostel with a single toilet on the floor turn into a dollar millionaire, like another Greco-Roman wrestler Islambek Albiev? Maybe the stories of the winners will change the life guidelines of one of the readers, set new goals for them, inspire and teach something. Champions are people like you. But once they said to themselves: "I can." And they could.