I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an Olympic athlete. It always seemed to evolve.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By any stretch of the imagination that's a very long apprenticeship.
I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
I started Little Athletics when I was five years old, but my Olympics dream started when I was 10 years old.
I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.
When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion.
I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian.
I trained with Olympics Athlete Jeanette Kwakye - who is amazing! And Shani Anderson, who is an excellent Olympic runner. We trained five times a week; running, circuits, weights, working out in the gym, and on the track. It was an insane time.
I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer when I was growing up.
We train and work so hard in our sport, we would be nothing less than a warrior. Day in, day out, this is our life. It's everything. The Olympic dream.
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.