As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.
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I started Little Athletics when I was five years old, but my Olympics dream started when I was 10 years old.
From 15 or 16, I always wanted to be an Olympic champion, but I don't think you ever believe it until it actually happens.
When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion.
I knew what I wanted to do in sport from the age of nine.
When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.
I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer when I was growing up.
As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.
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.'
I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.
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