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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a very unique feeling - to be that strong and unbreakable. But I'm working towards it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sprint is sometimes like a toss of a coin. Sometimes it's heads, and sometimes it's tails.
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I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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I was just, like, all I want to do is be really good at something. Really, really good at something, so people are vaguely impressed by me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been very open with my emotions. Actually, that's got me into a lot of trouble, too, in the past.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was constantly being told I shouldn't talk so much about how I was feeling. They seemed to think I was giving too much away to my competitors. Showing signs of weakness. But I've always thought that was rubbish.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.
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One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny, and had no natural acceleration. He said I'd be better off looking for another facet of sport to follow. That was a really, really bad moment. For a long time, I felt as if my dad was the only one who had faith in me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all totally committed as elite athletes. To think that pushing people around and bullying them is the best way to get results out of them is just ludicrous.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as much. I used to sit quietly in meetings and not say anything, as I knew my opinions would be disregarded. And that's after I had become Olympic champion and multiple world champion.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I turn left for a living.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like heels and make-up.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't talk about courage much in our everyday conversations, but I am comfortable with it now.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I've won numerous titles and an Olympic gold medal, there are still so many faults in my performance that I can honestly hardly bear to watch the videos back.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say, 'Wow, you've achieved it all this year: two world championship wins and an Olympic gold medal.' And I think, 'Yeah, but how come I feel so unsatisfied and under pressure all over again?'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I beat myself up the whole time because I'm striving for something I'll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it's not really me. I'm never satisfied, and I'm never content. It means I'm a bit of a mess some of the time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to prove that I am really good at something. And I haven't quite done that yet - at least not to myself. I know I could ride so much better, with more ease, with more finesse. I feel I'm nowhere near as good as I should be.
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