When I was 18 years old, about to develop my sportsman career, the asthma complaints became already some years before.

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.

I'll just let time happen. I don't have to articulate what may be or what may not be. I don't even do that to myself.

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.

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

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.

I felt so full of gratitude and humility that I clasped my hands in front of me, closed my eyes and said a silent prayer of thanks to God... I had at last achieved something I'd wanted for so long... My insides bubbled with happiness. It was a dream come true.