Dina Asher-Smith started running at primary school, when a friend promised to buy her an ice cream if she came along to running club. Soon, she was winning medals. Aged 17, she won bronze in 4 x 100 metres relay in her first World Championships. Two years later, when she was still a teenager, Asher-Smith became the first British woman to run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. While she was breaking records on the track, Asher-Smith was working just as hard at school. She got 10 A*s in her GCSEs and, later, a degree in History from King's College London, a top university. Asher-Smith has also worked as a model and written articles in magazines. She is talented in many different ways. Is sports the key to success? Yes. To be good at sports, you need to put in many long, hard hours of practice. All that hard work makes you more resilient, focused and disciplined - skills that will help you in every area of your life, whether you are studying for exams or working at a busy job. Being a great athlete will make you a more successful person. No. Sports is not any more important than playing a tricky game like chess, or learning a new language. There are lots of ways that we can learn to work hard and discipline ourselves. The important thing is that we learn these skills. It does not matter how we do it.