87 Quotes by Cathy Freeman




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    With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    I'll just let time happen. I don't have to articulate what may be or what may not be. I don't even do that to myself.

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