"I've had my fair share of being dismissed. But I'm only about to turn 30. And when I finish running, I'm going to be a dangerous woman."
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"My feelings tried to control me on my run. I had to concentrate fully on forthcoming running and success. I wanted to triumph."
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"Asthma is treatable and well can be controlled."
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"I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more."
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"I'm learning in my own sort of quiet, out-of-the-spotlight kind of way. I certainly have my general point of view about the government, and the future of our children. I'm certainly learning all the time, I'm happy to be an onlooker for now."
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"I'll just let time happen. I don't have to articulate what may be or what may not be. I don't even do that to myself."
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"I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running."
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"I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way."
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"I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships."
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"Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all."
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"I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded."
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"I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless."
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"I don't have a lot of regrets in my life."
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"I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly."
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"Being overseas at the time it all kind of happened was perfect because I had no idea that it was going to attract so much media attention and provoke these lovely people calling in and offering up their opinions and advice."
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"I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural."
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"The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't trying my hardest, I didn't care to compete against the girls I was up against. That spoke a lot about where my heart was taking me-which was off the track."
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"Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me."
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"I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends."
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"I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded."
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