I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.
— Cathy Freeman
I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.
I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.
I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.
With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.
The thing I do best is laugh.
Peace, unity and harmony!
I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run.
I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.
I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that.
I want to keep my private life private.
I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.
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 running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.
I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.
I make no apologies.
I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless.
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.
Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
