Quotes from Katarina Johnson-Thompson

I want to win medals for myself.

I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.

I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.

When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.

Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.

I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.

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

I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.

Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.

In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.

I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.

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!

It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.

As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.

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.

I used to play football with a load of lads, and I would be like a secret agent going out with a hat on so they wouldn't see my hair in a bun.

Competing in London would be a dream come true.

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

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

I'm training once a day, four days a week, and just loving life.

An example of my average week would be the gym on Monday; Tuesday will be a technical session. I practice running and high jump on Thursday and then have another technical session at the weekend.

In the lead-up to competitions, I just watch box sets and DVDs and play 'Candy Crush.'

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.

My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!