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" 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. "
Greg Rutherford
Win
Games
Gold
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" I want to jump far all the time and go out there and win medals. "
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Want
" I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym. "
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Like
Hills
" I have been in discussions with the BBC regarding my involvement with SPOTY after hearing what I believe to be very outdated and derogatory comments from a fellow SPOTY nominee. "
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Hearing
" My dad is a builder, and my mum's a nurse. They're just very normal people. "
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Just
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" Ultimately, I'm enjoying what I'm doing. "
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Enjoying
Doing
" If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them. "
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Start
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" I want to become double Olympic champion, triple Olympic champion, five-time world medallist. "
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Champion
World
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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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Said
Started
Always
" To put up with me, you have to be patient. "
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Put
You
Up
" Hopefully, I can get multiple distances out there and re-establish myself as one of the best jumpers in the world. "
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Out
Best
Get
" During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life. "
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Rest
Bear
You
" If I win the Olympics in Rio, then I'll have each title in double. "
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Then
Win
Title
" Adrenaline is an incredible thing. "
Greg Rutherford
Thing
Adrenaline
Incredible
" 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. "
Greg Rutherford
Day
Week
Progress
" I take my three dogs for long walks every day, and I use that time to talk myself through winning every major competition. "
Greg Rutherford
Myself
Competition
Time
" If the room falls silent for a moment, all I hear is white noise. "
Greg Rutherford
Noise
Silent
White
" I'm never happy to settle. "
Greg Rutherford
Settle
Never
Happy
" I haven't actually checked my family tree, but Rutherford is a very old Scottish name, so I've probably got Scottish genes a few generations back. "
Greg Rutherford
Back
Old
Family
" I don't think there are many long jumpers who can say they have jumped so hard that have lost their hearing. "
Greg Rutherford
Lost
Hard
Hearing
" When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London. "
Greg Rutherford
Done
Athletics
Now
" People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner. "
Greg Rutherford
Fitness
Truth
People
" I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children. "
Greg Rutherford
Got
Chocolate
Like
" Over the years, I've had torrid luck with things going wrong. "
Greg Rutherford
Going
Luck
Over
" Athletics set the right sentiment for a clean and believable sport. "
Greg Rutherford
Believable
Set
Right
" 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. "
Greg Rutherford
Grandfather
Father
Chance
" Ultimately, I love the sport; I love doing what I do. "
Greg Rutherford
I Love
Love
Sport
" I think there are lot more lows in an athletes career than the highs, but you've got to be bale to take them on the chin. "
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More
Career
Got
" It was when my American coach Dan Pfaff came over from the States in 2009 and started working with me that we really began to look at my diet. He decided I was eating too many carbohydrates, so I cut back on bread. Over the next year I lost weight and became leaner. "
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Look
American
Me
" 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
" I was always the slightly fat kid, which used to bother me quite a bit. "
Greg Rutherford
Me
Used
Bother