Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To be the first British athlete to win a gold is amazing, but to win it in the U.K. is something else. Also, having my family here with me has made it extra special, and I know all my friends back home have been cheering me on and putting posters in their windows. I want to thank them all.
No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.
It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.
I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.
I think it's when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, 'I can really get gold in London.'
Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.
When The Queen invited the Olympians to the Palace, I was first in line to speak to her. She said she watched the Games and how happy she was, how impressed she was with the boxing. She told me she'd watched my fight and enjoyed it. I didn't realise the effect I'd had on the whole country.
Winning Commonwealth gold was just totally unbelievable.
I was able to represent my country and put on the red, white, and blue - how many people in the world get to do that? Standing on the podium with my teammates, and being the first women's gymnastics team to win this gold medal, it was life-changing!
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