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

Greg Rutherford

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

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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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" 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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" People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner. "

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" If the room falls silent for a moment, all I hear is white noise. "

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" I thought I was going to jump further than that, but I don't care - I'm Olympic champion. "

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" 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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" Ultimately, I love the sport; I love doing what I do. "

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

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" I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym. "

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" There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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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. "

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" My favourite series of all time has been 'Band of Brothers.' That was amazing; I've watched that so many times. "

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" 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. "

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" 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 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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" Ultimately the clothing company is a large investment on my part, and I'm taking a huge gamble. But having a focus away from the track is good for you. "

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

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" If you look at the skeleton, the start is very important. "

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" My parents were great at making sure I got out of bed when I needed to play football on a Sunday morning and that I was ready after school to go to training on a Tuesday and Thursday. But it was never forced upon me or rammed down my throat. If it had been, I could have ended up hating sport. "

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