Cathy Freeman Quotes
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I'm learning in my own sort of quiet, out-of-the-spotlight kind of way. I certainly have my general point of view about the government, and the future of our children. I'm certainly learning all the time, I'm happy to be an onlooker for now.
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I made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia.
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I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.
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People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
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I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.
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Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well.
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I want to keep my private life private.
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I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues.
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When I was 18 years old, about to develop my sportsman career, the asthma complaints became already some years before.
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Asthma is treatable and well can be controlled.
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I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships.
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For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!
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I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am too busy with my private business.
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I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian athlete having a go. It isn't until they see the full Cathy Freeman picture that they realise how proud I am of my ancestry and heritage. I'd like a little more tolerance and acceptance of my culture and all the differing cultures that make up Australia.
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I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.
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I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.
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Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.
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You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
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I took only twice a time-out, once, when I was hurt, and a second time, when I much felt I was exhausted out of personal reasons.
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My mind is pretty made up that life for Cathy Freeman will be as an unmarried woman from now on.
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I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.
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I'll just let time happen. I don't have to articulate what may be or what may not be. I don't even do that to myself.
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The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't trying my hardest, I didn't care to compete against the girls I was up against. That spoke a lot about where my heart was taking me-which was off the track.
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I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.