Eight years after his stunning success at the Rio Olympics, Singapore’s greatest athlete Joseph Schooling has called time on his career and has announced his retirement. In an exclusive interview, Joseph talks frankly to ST assistant sports editor Rohit Brijnath about his career – from the Olympic gold to mistakes made, and the next chapter of his life. Read more: https://str.sg/mnMi 0:23 Getting used to retirement 0:58 The downsides of fame 1:51 Life after gold 3:09 Mistakes after 2016 3:37 Overconfident? Entitled? 4:59 Volatile in the pool 6:19 Advice from Michael Phelps 7:22 The cannabis episode 9:31 The next chapter Follow The Straits Times on YouTube: https://str.sg/ytsub Turn on notifications 🔔 to stay updated. -------------------- WEBSITE ➤ https://www.straitstimes.com WHATSAPP ➤ https://str.sg/whatsapp TIKTOK ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@straitstimes INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/straits_times FACEBOOK ➤ https://www.facebook.com/TheStraitsTimes TWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/straits_times TELEGRAM ➤ https://t.me/TheStraitsTimes PODCASTS ➤ https://str.sg/stpodcasts #straitstimes #josephschooling #retirement