"As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning."

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"As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning."

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"It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same."

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"Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics."

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