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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.

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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Gosh
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Running

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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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I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues.
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With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
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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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You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
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I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
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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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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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I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
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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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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
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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 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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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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Peace, unity and harmony!
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When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.
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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 quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.
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Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
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