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In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.

Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end.

Sometimes the hurdles aren't really hurdles at all. They're welcome challenges, tests.

There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

When I was in high school, I ran hurdles, but I was really short, so I'd barely clear them. I was pretty quick, but I had little legs, so I had to take 50 steps in between each hurdle.

It's a challenge between me and the hurdle, and the hurdle has always won.

You never hold back. If I turn up to the track and feel cautious or not committed, I turn around and go home. If you don't have that full commitment when you're pedaling into a 40-foot jump, there's not much room for error, and you'll come off worse.

We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events - they don't come as naturally to me as running and jumping. I like the hurdles and the high-jump, I'm a springy, speedy athlete so those suit me.

But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.