"I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run."
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"I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it."
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"I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention."
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"I'm drinking lots of herbal tea."
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"People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world."
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"I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew that if I'd made the mistake of retiring I would know during and after those Games in Athens."
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"I took only twice a time-out, once, when I was hurt, and a second time, when I much felt I was exhausted out of personal reasons."
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"It is my second visit to Korea since the International Junior Athletic Championships in 1992. Both then and now, I felt Korea is an interesting country and the people are very kind."
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"I made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia."
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"I want to keep my private life private."
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"My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000."
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"The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world."
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"I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am too busy with my private business."
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"When I was 18 years old, about to develop my sportsman career, the asthma complaints became already some years before."
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"For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!"
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"The thing I do best is laugh."
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"I'd like to see as many sports as I can because I have never had the chance to enjoy the other sports in the past."
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