He has quit his custodial job at a coal mine to become a full-time athlete.

He decided to see how far he could go as a full-time athlete.

"They're not full-time athletes, and we don't get to practice very often."

Even though she is a major in the prison police, her occupation is full-time athlete.

Yet the authorities in America refused to give him a green card as a full-time athlete because they said he wasn't good enough.

But we won't get there until we are full-time athletes.

I think it's a little bit about adapting to being a full-time athlete.

"I made the decision to become a full-time athlete in February," she said.

He became a full-time Lottery-funded athlete, with a grant of nearly £20,000 a year.

The other 50 full-time athletes on the team will have opportunities to race in World Cup events next season and try to move up.