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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. "

Greg Rutherford

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" My dad is a builder, and my mum's a nurse. They're just very normal people. "

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" I want to jump far all the time and go out there and win medals. "

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" I was very into football in my early teens and spent six months with Aston Villa, but I never really got further than having trials. I'm also into ice hockey. "

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" Fruit is carb-based, and I limit carbs when training hard. "

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" I think it was just me who thought I could be Olympic champion. I've been telling myself that, and I did that. "

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" I drive relatively fast - within the remits of the law, obviously - but I struggle with people who do stupid things on the road. I have a massive urge to shout expletives at them. "

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" I've never had a car sponsor or all the things that most others seemed to have had. "

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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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" I now have five major titles, and not many athletes can say that. "

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" I was always the slightly fat kid, which used to bother me quite a bit. "

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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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" 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. "

Greg Rutherford

" To put up with me, you have to be patient. "

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" I have a real passion for anything medieval, which is why I love the drama series 'Game Of Thrones.' "

Greg Rutherford

" When at home in Buckinghamshire, I tend to work out for two to three hours on the track or in the woods close by and then do weights. "

Greg Rutherford

" I wasn't jumping like Carl Lewis, but I still won an Olympic title. "

Greg Rutherford

" I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children. "

Greg Rutherford

" 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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" I come into these competitions to win, not to get silver or bronze, so it is frustrating. "

Greg Rutherford

" I'm never happy to settle. "

Greg Rutherford

" I train six days a week. "

Greg Rutherford

" 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. "

Greg Rutherford

" It's very hard to win anything in athletics. "

Greg Rutherford

" Since the Olympics in London, people say, 'Greg's won again. That's what we all expect. Of course he wins.' "

Greg Rutherford

" It's changed from one-hit wonder to 'Greg Rutherford wins events.' That's what I've always wanted, that level of recognition. "

Greg Rutherford

" 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

" 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

" I do weights three or four times a week, and it has had an incredible impact on my confidence. "

Greg Rutherford

" I knew I was going to be a sportsman. "

Greg Rutherford

" 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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