List of Jessica Ennis Quotes

People Think The Gold Medal Is Yours And They Say You're Going To Win - But They Have No Idea How Hard It Is. People Aren't Doing It Negatively - They're Mostly Lovely And They Really Do Want You To Win - But They Don't Understand The Difficulty And Intensity Of Competition.

I Don't Want To Think Of Life After Competing. But If I Were To Do Anything Else I'd Go Down The Psychology Route. That's What Interests Me.

One Minute You're A Developing Athlete Trying To Get To The Top, Then The Next Minute You Do Well And Win A Medal Somewhere, And Then It's All Foisted On You. You Never Know When It's Going To Happen. You Don't Think About The Media Side Of Things When You're A Young Athlete Trying To Do Well.

To Get The Adrenaline Pumping Between Events - Or To Help Me Switch Off, Jay Z, The Roots And Drake Are On My Playlist.

There Was A Massive Poster Of Me Down My Road, Right Outside The Chip Shop. I Was About To Go In, But Then I Saw It And Changed My Mind. Me Coming Out With A Bag Of Chips, While I'm Up There Doing Crunches On The Poster... Well, It Would Not Look Good.

I Do Watch What I Eat But I've Got A Real Sweet Tooth.

Training Is Full-on. Some Days I Really Don't Want To Get Out Of Bed And Hit That Track Again. Sunday And Monday Morning Sessions Are Always Horrible. But Who Really Looks Forward To Going To Work On A Monday Morning?

I Love Getting Dressed Up For Red Carpet Events And Having My Hair And Makeup Done Professionally - That Definitely Helps With Nerves Of Going Down The Red Carpet.

People Who Aren't Perhaps That Into Sport Are Going To Be Following Me And Wanting To Be Part Of The Olympics. That Definitely Does Bring Added Pressure But As An Athlete The Olympics Are The Ultimate Competition.

I Just Love Thinking About What Makes People Tick

I Was Around 15 When I First Wanted To Compete In An Olympics. I Even Remember The First Time I Got To Wear A Gb Kit As A Junior. I've Even Kept It. It's In My Mum's Loft Somewhere, Probably Gone Mouldy By Now.

It's Quite Funny In That I Once Won Rear Of The Year At My School! I Was About 17 In The Sixth Form And We Used To Have An End Of Year Celebration And Give Out Different Awards. I Even Got A Little Trophy!