Katarina Johnson-Thompson Quotes

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 9, 1993

Every international meeting or championship I do, I can cope a lot better because I can say I did the 100 m. hurdles, opened up the athletics at an Olympic Games in front of a home crowd, 80,000 people.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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.

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The heptathlon is made up of seven events, and people have strengths and weaknesses.

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I'm trying my best.

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They're just my weaknesses. Everyone is just constantly talking to me about it. It doesn't help.

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You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

I actually hated dancing. My mum used to have to bribe me to go by buying me things. A year before I stopped going, I was going to go for an audition with the Royal Ballet. It turned out I was a year too young. Because I was tall, they thought I was older. But before I had the chance to go back, I quit.

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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.

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At primary school, it was always me and this other girl, Lauren, who would fight over who was the fastest every year. I was quicker, but for some reason, she always got the glory leg in the relay team. That used to annoy me.

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I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.

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This is my job. I just wake up, and I train.

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I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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.

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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.

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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.

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London 2012 was the biggest thing I will probably ever do, but I didn't realise it at the time!

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

I remember going down the tunnel into the Olympic Stadium and getting a glimpse of all the people and hearing all the noise, all the people shouting for us. I'd seen Usain Bolt on the warm-up track, and then, as I walked into the stadium, I sort of realised how big it was!

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

For me, I can't see Liverpool without him because he's just been there since I was a kid. I had him on the back of my shirt. He's always been on the team every time I've watched Liverpool. It's going to be really weird next season, a Steven Gerrard-less Liverpool side.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson