Denise Lewis Quotes

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Denise Lewis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 27, 1972

There is a point where you have to start regaining yourself and managing your time, and your mental wellness.

Denise Lewis

To get to the top in anything, you have to keep asking yourself questions. How much do I really want this? What am I prepared to give up to get it?

Denise Lewis

It sounds precocious, but I knew that I had to listen to my own inner voice and ignore what everyone else was saying, even my mum.

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The Commonwealth Games is an event for everyone. I believe it continues because of the unity and appreciation in respect of diversity, different nationalities coming together to compete under one Commonwealth banner.

Denise Lewis

You have to find space in your own mind to completely focus on the job at hand. That's the only way to deal with pressure. You have to be confident and welcome it.

Denise Lewis

When I was running as an athlete, I'd be looking at my heart rate, monitoring when it started to peak, when it plateaued. I'd make a note of the oxygen debt in my body and would always be working to a specific time.

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Obviously it is well documented that I didn't love the 800m when I started out. But I, er, learnt to appreciate it.

Denise Lewis

You never remember what you say to the Queen, she just has this aura about her.

Denise Lewis

You can't complain about Sir Steve or Jill Halfpenny in 'Strictly Come Dancing.' But Michael Owen in 1998, that really does bother me.

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I'm a soul and R'n'B kind of girl.

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The initial feelings when you step into the Olympic arena representing your country, your community, representing yourself can be really overwhelming.

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Winning that gold medal in Sydney really did change my life.

Denise Lewis

I will always encourage any young person, especially young black females. If you want to be involved in sport please do it.

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If you reach the heights then it's great but if you can inspire young people at school, university or as a coach, then it is a fantastic life.

Denise Lewis

I fell in love with athletics watching the 1980 Moscow Olympics, aged seven. I thought: 'These people aren't human, they're immortal.'

Denise Lewis

Growing up in a terraced house in Wolverhampton, just me and my mum, I don't know where I got my love of sport from.

Denise Lewis

I was 11 when I first saw the Alexander Stadium. I walked through the door and thought, 'Wow, this is it. This is where I want to be.'

Denise Lewis

As an only child you don't have many people to play with, and mum was strict about not mixing with kids on the street, so I played by myself.

Denise Lewis

My personal trainer, she's been reading the textbooks, she doesn't want me to do too much, she says: 'Don't overheat, don't over-stretch, blah blah blah.'

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You think of Ingrid Kristiansen, Liz McColgan, Sonia O'Sullivan, they were all pregnant just before big wins. But you don't know. I have no idea how long the hormone boost lasts.

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