Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker sometimes: you know what's in your hand, and it may be a load of rubbish, but you've got to keep up the front.
To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling.
To me, life is so exciting. To me, life is always trying to beat someone in something competitive. It's kinda been my whole life.
As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that's always fun.
Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.
For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.
Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different people, which is very important.
Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity.
Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.
Everyday there's something that reminds me why I love this sport.
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