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In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

Making the Australian team is the hardest part, and going to the Olympics is the easy part. You're there representing your country - you're representing every single person in it, strangers you don't know - and there's a lot of positive energy, but you have to know to channel it the right way.

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

I'm definitely Australian and wouldn't have it any other way. I've been formed as an athlete in Australia.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.

I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to be a part of that whole experience. And to be able to represent USA was always a goal of mine.

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

I always wanted to be Olympic champion and do clean programs.