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
I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded. – Cathy Freeman
I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends. – Cathy Freeman
I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old. – Cathy Freeman
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
Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me. – Cathy Freeman
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
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
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
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
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance. – Cathy Freeman
