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I want to win medals for myself.
I think 2020 can still be my time.
I think I've slayed my long jump demons.
We are all trying to achieve our dreams.
I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.
This is my job. I just wake up, and I train.
I'm in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.
Competing in London would be a dream come true.
My goal is definitely a gold medal still in Rio.
As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
I'm going to trust my instincts when something's wrong.
I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.
It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.
It's very easy to run a good 200 m. after an appalling shot put.
I'm training once a day, four days a week, and just loving life.
You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
It's inspiring for me to know that you've got to step up your game.
You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.
Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.
I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.
I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
I can't change my personality. I'll always smile, but I'll be more focused.
I'm very wholehearted. I want to concentrate on one thing in my life at one time.
It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
I have seven disciplines to train for, and so I try to complete them all every week.
The heptathlon is made up of seven events, and people have strengths and weaknesses.
In the lead-up to competitions, I just watch box sets and DVDs and play 'Candy Crush.'
As a Liverpool fan, I'm an eternal optimist because of what we did in Istanbul in 2005.
Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.
Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
I can handle coming fifth as long as I know I've given my all out there and have no regrets.
I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.
As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.
I like to balance competing with studying. It's hard work at the moment, but it could be worse.
London 2012 was the biggest thing I will probably ever do, but I didn't realise it at the time!
It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.
I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.
It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.
In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.