Denise Lewis Quotes

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Denise Lewis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 27, 1972

Anything that looks at sport in its entirety is my bag. It's not just about bringing back medals, it's about communities, people's lives, how sport can make a difference.

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Sport's been an instrumental thing in my life.

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I'll never forget how frustrated I felt when I didn't make the team for Barcelona in 1992.

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I was injured in the early part of 2000 and spent 10 weeks barely able to walk.

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Athletes make nothing like the money that footballers or even cricketers earn. If you are a female athlete you are at the bottom of the ladder.

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As a girl, I was a member of Birchfield Harriers, who had Kathy Cook, Tessa Sanderson and Sonia Lannaman in their team. Those were some of the finest athletes in the country, so it was great to see them up close.

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My mum taught me to work hard. I was born when she was only 17 and she brought me up on her own.

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I never knew my father.

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Marriage is hard work, and it's not all romance and flowers.

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My mum is a perfect example of agelessness.

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People would measure you by your shape, you used to find a lot of male athletes peeling off their tops - just to say, 'Have some of this.' I guess my abs were a sign to people. 'Watch out, she's in shape.'

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I didn't exercise like crazy, but I was in the gym.

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During my career I had been training twice a day, every day, because it was all about me. That was the job. But with kids, my hours were vastly reduced.

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The magazines drive me insane, because it's such an unrealistic ideology, that you're going to have a baby, or even just be out of shape for a little while, and then ping back into shape.

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At the age of 46, I'm a mum of four.

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I love babies; there was a need in me for one more.

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During my pregnancy I ate healthily, stayed fit and carried well.

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Whenever we go out, we'll need to bring a car seat and tons of baby paraphernalia. In fact we're going to need a bigger car. As a family of six, we'll probably need a truck!

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I used to race up all the time and started cross-country from about the age of six.

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When I was an athlete I never listened to music because I was constantly so engaged with my own self and body.

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