Cathy Freeman Quotes

When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.
Cathy Freeman

Bad, Listen, Mood

I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.
Cathy Freeman

Bad, Confidence, Friend

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
Cathy Freeman

Alone, Greatest, Place

I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run.
Cathy Freeman

Great, Support, Lucky

You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
Cathy Freeman

Try, Stars, Achieve

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.
Cathy Freeman

Time, Often, Less

Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
Cathy Freeman

Life, Money, Rich

Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
Cathy Freeman

Someone, Attention, Fantastic

Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.
Cathy Freeman

Serious, Between, Asthma

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.
Cathy Freeman

May, Actually, Seem

I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless.
Cathy Freeman

Everything, Done, She

I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
Cathy Freeman

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.
Cathy Freeman

Hate, Attention, Looking

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.
Cathy Freeman

Love, Age, Experience

I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.
Cathy Freeman

Best, Lie, Friends

I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.
Cathy Freeman

Grounded, Workforce, Keeps

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.
Cathy Freeman

Woman, Confidence, Down

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running.
Cathy Freeman

Life, Good, Made

I make no apologies.
Cathy Freeman

I want to keep my private life private.
Cathy Freeman

Life, Keep, Private

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
Cathy Freeman

Race, Ran, Surrounded

I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that.
Cathy Freeman

Mother, Long, Trying

I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.
Cathy Freeman

School, Thought, She

I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
Cathy Freeman

Marriage, Quite, Clearly

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
Cathy Freeman

Real, Last, Race

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Born: February 16, 1973

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