I pretty much knew that I was going to come in fourth, but then I said, 'I'm fourth at the Olympic Games. What are you talking about? Why is that disappointing?'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I won a second Olympic title, maybe I would be tempted to go after a third.
I didn't want people to think of me as someone who wasn't impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that's a huge accomplishment, and I was so happy. It was more about me just being not impressed with falling at the Olympics in my last event.
I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.
If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
I think it was just me who thought I could be Olympic champion. I've been telling myself that, and I did that.
London was the hardest Olympic Games, and before it, I was really just hoping to win a medal, even if it was not the gold medal. At the same time, I have my next target. I am not settling for three golds in a row. I now want to try for a fourth.
I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.
That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.
I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.
At the Olympics, you have almost nothing to lose, but at the Olympic trials, you have everything to lose. You have the last four years of your life to lose.
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