Quotes by Katarina Johnson-Thompson - Page 2

Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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Beijing
Slap
Life Myself Face
Forced
Realise
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Me Better I Can
Believing
Grab
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Ballet
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I just need to concentrate on each event and accumulate a good score, and hopefully I won't flop in the 800 m. in Gotzis.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Score
Accumulate
Event
Flop
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I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Anyone Else
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In the heptathlon, you can be any shape. Some of the girls are more built than others, and their strong events are the shot put and javelin.
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Girl
Events
Strong
Shot
Shape
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I used to play football with a load of lads, and I would be like a secret agent going out with a hat on so they wouldn't see my hair in a bun.
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Load
Secret Agent
Agent
Hat
Lads
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I've always known that Rio and Tokyo are my two Olympics. Now that Rio hasn't gone to plan, Tokyo has to work, and I'm more motivated than ever.
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Motivated
Olympics
Rio
Tokyo
Work Always More
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I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
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Anxious
Reflect
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I was watching 'Deal or No Deal' on YouTube recently, and I bawled when the contestant won £250,000. I think I just like watching people achieve their dreams.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Youtube
Contestant
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
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Medal
Realistic
Chance Me Will
Progressing
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I've got so many big gains to make in the javelin and the shot put. I know I'm not going to be winning the field in those events, but I need to do myself justice.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Gains
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Rio
Jump
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In 2012, I was over the moon to be there, especially as it was our home Olympics. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I just wanted to take everything in.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Moon
Olympics
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Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.
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Friendship
Gold
Extra
Olympic
Olympic Gold
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I can't be disappointed with my first gold in a senior championship, and to score 5000 points, which only one other woman, the world record holder, has got over, I am satisfied.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Championship
Disappointed
Gold
Satisfied
Score
Senior
Holder
World Record
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It's crazy because it's a British record and a personal best, but I wanted that 2 m. I cleared the 1.97 m. first attempt with space, so I think I could have done a little better.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Attempt
Cleared
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An example of my average week would be the gym on Monday; Tuesday will be a technical session. I practice running and high jump on Thursday and then have another technical session at the weekend.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Average
Gym
Monday
Session
Thursday
Tuesday
Weekend
Jump
Technical
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Thankfully, I found athletics. My mum didn't like it at first, but the funny thing is that, now, she's the biggest athletics fan out there. She's a real expert, and she's got all the heptathlon books.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Athletics
Funny Thing
Thankfully
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Every international meeting or championship I do, I can cope a lot better because I can say I did the 100 m. hurdles, opened up the athletics at an Olympic Games in front of a home crowd, 80,000 people.
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Athletics
Championship
Olympic Games
Home Better People
Cope
Crowd
Hurdles
Meeting
Olympic
Opened
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It's impossible in heptathlon to have a proper rivalry - you're spending two days together and seven events and dedicate your life to it. It's like a marathon: two days of mental and physical exhaustion.
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Exhaustion
Impossible
Marathon
Rivalry
Seven
Spending
Life Together Your
Days
Dedicate
Mental
Physical
Proper
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It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.
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Athletics
Mature
Best Always Me
Best Me Always
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At primary school, it was always me and this other girl, Lauren, who would fight over who was the fastest every year. I was quicker, but for some reason, she always got the glory leg in the relay team. That used to annoy me.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Glory
Lauren
Primary School
Always Fight Me
Annoy
Fastest
Leg
Quicker
Relay
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For a long time, I thought it was all down to dedication, hard work, and visualising doing well - that worked for a bit, but then it stopped. I've realised you have to be more practical and mature to make things actually happen.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Dedication
Hard Work
Long Time
Mature
Realised
Actually
Time Work Hard Work
Bit
Stopped
Work Time Hard Work
Happen
Practical
Worked
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When you see all the medals won by Team GB, you can just see how much it means to each and every athlete, so it just feel like it's a little bit of a missed opportunity - but I'm only 23. I have just got to get on now and keep going.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Athlete
Medals
Missed
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It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.
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Bothered
Drunk
Missing
Teenage
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My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Hello
Liverpool
Massive
Crawl
Game Mind Me
Meeting
Steven
Weekends
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For me, I can't see Liverpool without him because he's just been there since I was a kid. I had him on the back of my shirt. He's always been on the team every time I've watched Liverpool. It's going to be really weird next season, a Steven Gerrard-less Liverpool side.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Liverpool
Time Me Weird
Shirt
Steven
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I remember going down the tunnel into the Olympic Stadium and getting a glimpse of all the people and hearing all the noise, all the people shouting for us. I'd seen Usain Bolt on the warm-up track, and then, as I walked into the stadium, I sort of realised how big it was!
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Glimpse
Noise
Realised
Shouting
Track
Bolt
Olympic
Stadium
Tunnel
Warm-Up
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I actually hated dancing. My mum used to have to bribe me to go by buying me things. A year before I stopped going, I was going to go for an audition with the Royal Ballet. It turned out I was a year too young. Because I was tall, they thought I was older. But before I had the chance to go back, I quit.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Ballet
Bribe
Buying
Royal
Audition
Chance Me Young
Quit
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Before training, I eat slow-release energy food, such as porridge or muesli, especially in the morning. Afterwards, I eat protein so my muscles are able to recover, such as a protein bar followed by a meal of chicken and vegetables. I always stay hydrated during workouts by drinking plenty of water throughout.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson /
Drinking
Muscles
Protein
Vegetables
Afterwards
Bar
Chicken
Followed
Meal
Recover
Workouts
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