“I cannot describe the feeling I have because I’m too happy. Winning a gold medal is recognition of our journey. I was surprised by the engagement. I didn’t know it was going to happen.” – Huang Ya Qiong

“This is the biggest dream I had. I think a lot but now my mind has gone blank. All my family is here. This might be my last Olympics so I had to bring my family because they give me strength.” – Zheng Si Wei

“For the finals, it’s the last match. It feels a bit emotional, like we are departing to different paths (laughs). We want to cherish the moment. We want to focus on the next match to help both of us complete the dream.” – Jia Yi Fan

“It’s amazing. That’s the only word for it. The crowd raised my energy. We are in the final and we want to do our best to win the (gold) medal. We are happy to be playing our last match at the Olympics in the final.” – Wang Chi-lin

“At match point on my serve, I was so nervous. I asked the crowd to calm down because I was nervous. I’m happy to be able to perform in front of such a big crowd with so many important people and my family. It means a lot to me, especially at the Olympics, which is the most important tournament.” – Viktor Axelsen

“It’s the biggest game of our lives. We will be ready for that. We will take a couple of hours to recollect (ourselves), then get our minds right, but we will be motivated as hell for that (bronze medal) match.” – Kim Astrup

“I was surprisingly calm. I could see Anders’ desire to win and maybe that’s why he had many unforced errors. Sometimes these things come down to who keeps calm. We are good friends and we talk about everything, but on court we are enemies. We represent our countries with honour. We have to be our best no matter what happens.” — Lee Zii Jia

“It’s the last time I’m playing with Seung Jae and I really wanted to win with him. As an older and more experienced player, I wanted to guide him. I’m sad I couldn’t.” – Chae Yu Jung

“They studied our game from the group stage. The shuttles we gave, they were ready for them.” – Tan Pearly

“Lots of positives to take away, and we still have another match (for bronze) to give our best. We are happy we came this far. We just want to reset and calm ourselves down, recover well, sleep well and focus on tomorrow’s game.” – Thinaah Muralitharan

“The bronze medal isn’t the best. I wanted gold but this is better than nothing. Still, I’m disappointed (because) yesterday was Arisa Higashino’s 28th birthday. I wanted to give her a good colour of medal.” – Yuta Watanabe

“I didn’t get enough sleep, thinking about yesterday’s match and dreaming about today’s. Now I’m relieved. After the Tokyo Olympics we had difficulties staying motivated for Paris. We’ve been working only for the gold medal. I’m a little disappointed, but a bronze is okay for us now.” – Arisa Higashino

“Shi (Yu Qi) had more pressure. I needed to play fast and he made a lot of mistakes. It’s my first Olympics. I’m smiling and I’m happy. I want to enjoy my experience and every match.” – Kunlavut Vitidsarn

“This Olympics is very important to me. I put a lot of effort and time into it. Not being able to play well is really stinging. I had to accept it.” – Shi Yu Qi