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" During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life. "
Greg Rutherford
Rest
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You
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" Lolo Jones came up to me and said, 'Well done, Greg,' and I don't think I've ever spoken to her in my life. "
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" I live in a beautiful village in the middle of the countryside, and being able to disappear off on my bike for a couple of hours two or three times a week is a wonderful way to relax. "
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" Ultimately, I'm enjoying what I'm doing. "
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" It's changed from one-hit wonder to 'Greg Rutherford wins events.' That's what I've always wanted, that level of recognition. "
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" Fruit is carb-based, and I limit carbs when training hard. "
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" I eat a lot of vegetables and salad. I put strawberries, pomegranate seeds, blackberries, and blueberries into shakes and add Greek yoghurt for a snack. I have this when I'm not training. "
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" I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children. "
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" I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level. "
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" If I win the Olympics in Rio, then I'll have each title in double. "
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" I was persuaded to see 'The Muppets' by a friend, and I regretted it. A very boring hour and a half. "
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" It's quite funny because I always talk to baby through Susie's belly, and every time I start speaking, I just get kicked in the face. "
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" The type of IBS I am prone to is the constipation type, where I get trapped wind and can get sharp painful spasms in my intestines as well as having sluggish bowels. "
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" I'm very driven, and there are lots of things I can't do. "
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" Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief. "
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" Ultimately, you've got to answer your critics on the track, and I am very much hoping 8.41m is acceptable for people. "
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" I'm never happy to settle. "
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" Even though arguably I could have done much better at school, I'd decided at a young age that I was going to be a professional sportsman at some sport. And at that stage, there was a bit of luck: I was fortunate to meet the right people at the right time to get me to where I am now. "
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" Being in a scenario where you're thinking, 'I can't do what I want to do due to the financial burden that comes with some of it,' makes you think, 'Well, I could go and do an after-dinner speech every night.' I'd probably earn more than I could in track-and-field. But that's a dangerous scenario to get yourself into. "
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Speech
Night
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" I wasn't jumping like Carl Lewis, but I still won an Olympic title. "
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" Me and my brother just used to fight all the time; then my sister came along, and it was all about the little girl in the house. We'd always eat dinner together as a family. "
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" I was that ginger kid who always wanted people to like him. It's hard, and you've got a big chip on your shoulder for a long time. "
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" I've not received any major sponsorship deals or anything else. "
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