My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.

That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like you're going to die. That's what I wanted, and that's what I got.

All the physical comes from the mental.