I want to keep my private life private.

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

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!

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.

The thing I do best is laugh.

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

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