I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.
You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.
People say, 'Wow, you've achieved it all this year: two world championship wins and an Olympic gold medal.' And I think, 'Yeah, but how come I feel so unsatisfied and under pressure all over again?'
London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.
When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.
Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.
I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working.
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.