You Got To Try And Reach For

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 Them And Every Time I Win Or Am Honoured Like This It Should Be An Example To Aboriginal People Who May Think They Have Nowhere To Go But Down. But More Importantly I Am An Australian And I Would Like To Make All Australians Feel Proud To Be Australian. Ours Is A Truly Multicultural Society And Should Be United As Such. I Would Like To Believe That My Successes Are Celebrated By All Australians, Bringing Our Nation Together.

When I'm In A Bad Mood, I Don't Listen.

Between 1991 And 1997 I Had Really Serious Asthma.

The Last Sort Of Really Low-key Race I Ran, I Realized With About A Hundred Metres To Go, That My Heart Just Wasn't In It. I Wasn't Trying My Hardest, I Didn't Care To Compete Against The Girls I Was Up Against. That Spoke A Lot About Where My Heart Was Taking Me-which Was Off The Track.

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 For Powerful Energy.