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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.
Cathy Freeman
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I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
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I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.
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I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.
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I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.
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I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.
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I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.
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You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
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People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
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This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
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