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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.
Cathy Freeman
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Cathy Freeman
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
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Slade Point
Queensland
Australia
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman
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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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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'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 am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.
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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 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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My mind is pretty made up that life for Cathy Freeman will be as an unmarried woman from now on.
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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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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 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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Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
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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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Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
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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'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
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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 don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.
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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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