Cathy Freeman Quotes

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• I felt so full of gratitude and humility that I clasped my hands in front of me, closed my eyes and said a silent prayer…
• Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are.
• Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make…
• I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian…
• I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of…
• I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
• I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
• You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
• People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
• With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
• Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
• I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew…
• The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the…
• 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…
• 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…
• Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've…
• I took only twice a time-out, once, when I was hurt, and a second time, when I much felt I was exhausted out of personal…
• I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four…
• I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run.
• This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

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