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I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.
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It's crazy because it's a British record and a personal best, but I wanted that 2 m. I cleared the 1.97 m. first attempt with space, so I think I could have done a little better.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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I want to win medals for myself.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I think I've slayed my long jump demons.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I'm training once a day, four days a week, and just loving life.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I have seven disciplines to train for, and so I try to complete them all every week.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
As a Liverpool fan, I'm an eternal optimist because of what we did in Istanbul in 2005.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I think 2020 can still be my time.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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I can always go back to education.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
It's very easy to run a good 200 m. after an appalling shot put.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
They're just my weaknesses. Everyone is just constantly talking to me about it. It doesn't help.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
My mum was a dancer. She would tour the world with a group, and she had me in a dance class when I was still in a nappy. They told her to come back when I could walk.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
It's impossible in heptathlon to have a proper rivalry - you're spending two days together and seven events and dedicate your life to it. It's like a marathon: two days of mental and physical exhaustion.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson