Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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Sort by ratingI used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.
You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
For a long time, I thought it was all down to dedication, hard work, and visualising doing well — that worked for a bit, but then it stopped. I've realised you have to be more practical and mature to make things actually happen.
It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.