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With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
Cathy Freeman
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Cathy Freeman
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
Athletics Competitor
Olympic Athlete
Sprinter
Slade Point
Queensland
Australia
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman
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Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well.
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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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Asthma is treatable and well can be controlled.
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I'm drinking lots of herbal tea.
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I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.
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Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.
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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'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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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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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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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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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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I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.
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The thing I do best is laugh.
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I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.
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Peace, unity and harmony!
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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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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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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
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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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