Quotes from Katarina Johnson-Thompson

I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.

Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.

I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.

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.

It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.

It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.

It's inspiring for me to know that you've got to step up your game.

I'm going to trust my instincts when something's wrong.

I have seven disciplines to train for, and so I try to complete them all every week.

You can only train three or four hours a day, so what do you do with the other 20 hours?

Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.

I can't change my personality. I'll always smile, but I'll be more focused.

If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.

I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.

As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.

I was watching 'Deal or No Deal' on YouTube recently, and I bawled when the contestant won £250,000. I think I just like watching people achieve their dreams.

When you see all the medals won by Team GB, you can just see how much it means to each and every athlete, so it just feel like it's a little bit of a missed opportunity - but I'm only 23. I have just got to get on now and keep going.

I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.

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.

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

I think 2020 can still be my time.

That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.

I'm in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.

Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.