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" Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly. "

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" I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous. "

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" I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say. "

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" I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. It's mostly homophobic, but what can you do? I just either ignore it or laugh. "

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" Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk. "

" Weekends are a real luxury for me because I'm usually working. "

" Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it. "

" I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved. "

" Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am. "

" Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me. "

" Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day. "

" People like to think of you as a certain person, or a certain type of person, and they do love to give you a label. We like luggage labels, and we like people labels. "

" When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated. "

" A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear. "

" The British have a unique relationship with horses. They are etched into our landscape in chalk, they have been written about, painted, sung about, celebrated and gambled upon for centuries. "

" Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them. "

" I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry. "

" You come across words all the time that are everyday sexism. I was described as 'competently bossy' and 'bossily competent' by a male journalist, and I thought, 'Gosh, 'bossy' is never used of a man.' "

" Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming. "

" If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't be running around in their long skirts and corsets, because you can't. "

" Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up. "

" I play golf - even though I'm awful at it. "

" I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes. "

" I think I can be spiritual, and I can feel that I want to live well, I want to do things that I'm proud of, and I think that's important. Now, do I need a church to tell me that? Actually, no, I don't. "