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I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

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
Sport
Determined
Sports
Passion
Born
Running
Believe

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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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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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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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The thing I do best is laugh.
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When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.
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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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People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
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I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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I'm drinking lots of herbal tea.
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Peace, unity and harmony!
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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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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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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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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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You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
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Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
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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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This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
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