Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well.

I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

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.

My feelings tried to control me on my run. I had to concentrate fully on forthcoming running and success. I wanted to triumph.