I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues.
When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.
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.
I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless.
Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am too busy with my private business.
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.
The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't trying my hardest, I didn't care to compete against the girls I was up against. That spoke a lot about where my heart was taking me-which was off the track.
I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.
The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.
Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.
I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.
Asthma is treatable and well can be controlled.
Being overseas at the time it all kind of happened was perfect because I had no idea that it was going to attract so much media attention and provoke these lovely people calling in and offering up their opinions and advice.
When I was 18 years old, about to develop my sportsman career, the asthma complaints became already some years before.
I'd like to see as many sports as I can because I have never had the chance to enjoy the other sports in the past.
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
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.
I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.
I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.
The thing I do best is laugh.
I want to keep my private life private.
I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
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.
