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" Over the years, I've had torrid luck with things going wrong. "

Greg Rutherford

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I train six days a week. "

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" It's quite funny because I always talk to baby through Susie's belly, and every time I start speaking, I just get kicked in the face. "

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

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" There are not many people around the world who can say, 'I get paid to jump into a sandpit.' "

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" As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually. "

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" Although 8.25 isn't very big, it's good to be the best of Europe again. "

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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 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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" My entire life, I've been searching for acceptance. "

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

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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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" 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 want to become double Olympic champion, triple Olympic champion, five-time world medallist. "

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" I'm a bit of a history goon, and I love all that. Anything that's medieval-based up until, probably, the Tudor period and just after, I'm quite into. "

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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. "

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" Athletics set the right sentiment for a clean and believable sport. "

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

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

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" My team are incredible, and I have the most amazing parents and beautiful girlfriend in the world. "

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