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" I started racing BMX when I was five years old. I followed in my brother's footsteps, and I was a little tomboy. When I came into the sport, there wasn't many women. I raced with the boys; I looked up to the boys, and all my mentors were boys. "

Caroline Buchanan

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" If I had to work a 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. job in the public service, I'd freak out. "

" BMX is never over until the finish line, and I am always trying to challenge myself for that world stage. "

" It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done a hundred times, and if you do it, you'll win. Or if you're a swimmer, if you swim a certain time, you will win. In BMX, there are no guarantees. "

" I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion. "

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" Any race, I'm always going for the top step on the podium. "

" One medal. One shot. One lap. Eight riders. No lanes. No right of way. Just go. "

" You never hold back. If I turn up to the track and feel cautious or not committed, I turn around and go home. If you don't have that full commitment when you're pedaling into a 40-foot jump, there's not much room for error, and you'll come off worse. "

" I get called Pink quite a lot. The Pink of the Action Sport World. Or Queen of the Dirt - some call me that. "

" I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, everything. "

" There's so many levels. You can rise on the day to win a national event or a world title but the level you need to rise to win an Olympics Games is another one altogether. "

" I just want kids to have a chance to go and try an Olympic sport. Every kid has a bike - that's how I started, and one kid coming along and giving it a go could make that journey to the Olympics. "

" I'd love to be able to dominate cycling in general, not just one event. "

" A female professional athlete has to have the whole package, as opposed to a guy who can just be good at sport. You have to have a job or go to uni or do three sports instead of one, you have to be a standout. "

" I'm made to ride a bike, not do washing. "

" It's an honour to be a world champion, and it can never be taken away from you. "

" BMX is still a young sport in Olympic terms. So the sport science behind it is also relatively new. As a program, it's only going to get better as the sport gets bigger and more extreme. "

" The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level. "

" I've got to know my strength and weaknesses and the same for my competitors. "

" Any race I go into, I've always got the attitude of throwing myself into and wanting nothing but No. 1. "

" There were times when I was down and frustrated being in a male-dominated sport: you don't get the support. It affected me. Layne Beachley helped me beat that. That was the difference for me and helped get me through. "

" You learn a lot from your first Olympic Games experience. Everyone thinks they're prepared, but you never are. "

" The biggest thing I've learnt is not to limit myself by the norm or what I should be doing. "

" I am just this small-town Canberra girl that's taken riding a little kid's bike on dirt tracks to the highest level. "