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" I am the Olympic, World, Commonwealth, and European champion now, and I hope that's enough for people to accept that I am a half-decent British athlete. "
Greg Rutherford
People
Now
I Am
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" It will be good fun finding out what sport baby's good at; perhaps it will be something obscure. My parents were fantastic at taking me to training sessions and letting me try lots of different sports, so I want to do the same. "
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Baby
Good
" Jumping isn't as important to my training as you might think; I'm only in the sandpit once a week. There's a high risk factor of injury doing it, so instead, I rely on my progress in the gym to judge how far I'll jump on the big day. "
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" I take magnesium to prevent cramps. A few years back, I suffered from hamstring tears, and part of that can be to do with muscle cramping, and then pushing the muscle at that point. I also take a fish oil supplement. "
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" Athletics set the right sentiment for a clean and believable sport. "
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Set
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" Over the years, I've had torrid luck with things going wrong. "
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Going
Luck
Over
" My grandfather died before I was born, so I never had the chance to speak with him about his father. But I learned about him from books. "
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Father
Chance
" If the room falls silent for a moment, all I hear is white noise. "
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Noise
Silent
White
" I take my three dogs for long walks every day, and I use that time to talk myself through winning every major competition. "
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Myself
Competition
Time
" If I win the Olympics in Rio, then I'll have each title in double. "
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Then
Win
Title
" 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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Me
Life
Think
" I've never had a car sponsor or all the things that most others seemed to have had. "
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Most
Things
Others
" I was always the slightly fat kid, which used to bother me quite a bit. "
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Me
Used
Bother
" I was quite lucky: although my dad worked a lot, whenever he was free, he would play sports with me and my brother, and I can't wait to do that with my child. "
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Wait
Brother
Free
" 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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Live
Relax
Way
" I now have five major titles, and not many athletes can say that. "
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Athletes
Titles
Say
" If other people have problems with my competitions, then there's nothing I can do. "
Greg Rutherford
Problems
I Can
Nothing
" I thought I was going to jump further than that, but I don't care - I'm Olympic champion. "
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Thought
Jump
Care
" It would be pretty special if I could win two Olympic gold medals, one at the Summer Games and one from the Winters, so I'm going to give it a real go. "
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Win
Games
Gold
" I come into these competitions to win, not to get silver or bronze, so it is frustrating. "
Greg Rutherford
Win
Bronze
Come
" People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries. "
Greg Rutherford
World
Only
People
" 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. "
Greg Rutherford
Age
Never
Myself
" 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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Boring
Friend
Half
" For a long time, I thought I'd be a physio if I wasn't a sportsman. At one point, I wanted to be an inventor, and I'd come up with little schemes. "
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Time
Long Time
Thought
" I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children. "
Greg Rutherford
Got
Chocolate
Like
" When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion. "
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Knew
Athletics
Olympic
" I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym. "
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Lot
Like
Hills
" I don't think there are many long jumpers who can say they have jumped so hard that have lost their hearing. "
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Lost
Hard
Hearing
" I seem to be the 'luckiest' athlete around - and that's one of the most frustrating things. You compete against a vast array of people and train your whole life for those moments. "
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People
Moments
Life
" I can't tell you how much everyone has worked so hard for me, as well as myself. "
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Hard
You
Tell
" I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me. "
Greg Rutherford
Me
Not Good Enough
I Am