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I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

I have reasons to believe that I could win the World Cup, but I take it one race at a time.

I was born to be champion of the world.

I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.

Being away for the weekends, and me being the international player that I have been for those 30 years, I've spent a lot more time flying around the world, playing different golf tournaments around the world.