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.

I made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia.

I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.

I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.

Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are.

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

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