My mind is pretty made up that life for Cathy Freeman will be as an unmarried woman from now on.

I've had my fair share of being dismissed. But I'm only about to turn 30. And when I finish running, I'm going to be a dangerous woman.

I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.

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!

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

I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.

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.