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My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.

I just wanted to be an athlete.

When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.

I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.