Ellie Simmonds Quotes

Ellie Simmonds

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 11, 1994

Monday to Fridays I'm practically an athlete every hour of the day.

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It's hard to stay at the top. There's a cheesy saying isn't there: it's easy to get to the top but once you're there it's harder to stay there, and I'm fully aware of that.

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I'm OK travelling, meeting people, seeing the world with my own eyes.

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My philosophy is that there is no point in being sad or hating who you are.

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I recently met Michael Phelps. He is my absolute idol. I was totally starstruck. I did manage to get a few words out.

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Growing up, most of our family holidays were staycations in the U.K.

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I've always been competitive and determined. It's part of my personality.

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I grew up swimming. Our first house in Aldridge, in the West Midlands, had a pool at the bottom of the garden.

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I've always been focused.

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I didn't just swim when I was younger. I did ballet, horse riding, everything. I was very active.

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I don't want to be stuck up. I'm just a normal person. My friends think of me as a normal friend, and I like that.

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I hated Rio and I hated everything about it.

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My plan of going to Tokyo has gone out of the window, but I was able to spend three to four months with my family and I've never been able to do that before.

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I jumped into my parents loft where I was actually able to go through all my cards, all the newspaper cuttings that my family collected, and it made me realise just how big London 2012 was - it was huge! That was a Games that I will never, ever forget and it was definitely my highlight.

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It's nice to hope to inspire people out there who maybe have a little less motivation or who are low in confidence or self-belief to go out there and achieve.

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I think it's really important to show people that there's nothing different about us; especially as athletes - we train as hard as the Olympians.

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Everyone saw me cry with happiness after I won the Beijing medals. It's really embarrassing.

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After watching the Athens Paralympics in 2004, I looked at the swimmers and thought, that's cool. I want to do that.

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I wear adult sizes but chop off the arms and legs.

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My mum took me to swimming lessons when I was very young, four years old.

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