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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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