I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships.

I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.

It is my second visit to Korea since the International Junior Athletic Championships in 1992. Both then and now, I felt Korea is an interesting country and the people are very kind.

When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.

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

The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't trying my hardest, I didn't care to compete against the girls I was up against. That spoke a lot about where my heart was taking me-which was off the track.

For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!