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I believe when you're communicating with any player, you're going to have some disagreements.

My goal is to demonstrate that you can have a happy, full life and run at your highest level.

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

It’s one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is.

If I ran to a doctor every time I got a little cyst or abrasion, I'd still be in Nova Scotia.

I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

With L'Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.

I do weights three or four times a week, and it has had an incredible impact on my confidence.

It's not even necessarily the will or want to win. It's the shame and embarrassment of losing.

I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know.

The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery.

Anybody can be a runner... We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

If I ever get Manziel disease, I want all of you to smack me in the head with your microphones.

Some runners have a constant progression, but mine was very stop and start because of injuries.

Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

I only enjoy legs day! For my training, it's sort of vital and I've learned to love it, I think.

It's good to have somebody who is there to see you day-to-day, even hop into some runs with you.

I've said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.

I'll do my core, I'll do my strength training, I'll do my occasional cross training if I need it.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.

When you experience having nothing you value everything - and that applies to all aspects of life.

The DNA showed I have a level of endurance in me which I never really realised, which makes sense.

My team are incredible, and I have the most amazing parents and beautiful girlfriend in the world.

We showed people we can win with our backs against the wall. We've just got to do that more often.

I don't really document how many calories I eat or anything like that. I try to listen to my body.

Matt Hock was the first person who showed me how much fun and how cool it can be to be a Christian.

You know, the Bears know I want to be here. I've said it publically and that's not going to change.

I'm such a passionate player, I always want to make big plays and I always want to have excitement.

We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves

How great a life is this? To get to knock guys' heads off for 60 minutes and not get thrown in jail?

I can't go back and change how many tackles I had, how many picks. What I've done is what I've done.

I have a real passion for anything medieval, which is why I love the drama series 'Game Of Thrones.'

I was persuaded to see 'The Muppets' by a friend, and I regretted it. A very boring hour and a half.

I'm a lady, and I run my business with dignity. I don't need to be tough. You get nowhere screaming.

If I faltered, there would be no arms to hold me and the world would be a cold and forbidding place.

The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.

That little white ball won't move until you hit it, and there's nothing you can do after it has gone.

I think if you're not going to look so daft walking down the street split your workouts a little bit.

My goal is to get better every year and statistically that has happened in a lot of different things.

I imagine these two girls next to me every time single time I'm going over those hurdles in training.

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.

Five letters here just for everybody out there in Packer-land: R-E-L-A-X, Relax. We're going to be OK.

Every moment, every practice, every game, everywhere; I just love competing. Competition is in my DNA.

I know I have to live up to the hype wherever I go. If I'm an inch below the standard, it'll be chaos.

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