Former squash star Azlan Iskandar is in striking form

Azlan Iskandar's company rescued the PSA Women’s World Championships, which was initially scheduled to take place late last year, and put it back into the calendar. Photo: The Star/Glenn Guan

A line uttered by his father (“... and that’s how you work for a goal in life”) still motivates Azlan Iskandar.

What started as a normal sports-bonding session between father and son – then aged eight – in Sarawak Club, Kuching has moulded Azlan into the man he is today.