Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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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.

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I can't change my personality. I'll always smile, but I'll be more focused.

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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.

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As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.

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I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.

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I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.

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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.

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That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.

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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.

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Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.

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