Cathy Freeman Quotes
"People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: People, Now, World)
"Peace, unity and harmony!"
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Peace, Unity)
"My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Race)
"Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Life, Money, Want)
"I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Support)
"I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Marriage)
"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
(Related: Thought, People, Running, School)
"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
(Related: Mother, First, Reason, Trying)
"I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Expectation, First, Race)
"I want to keep my private life private."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Life, Want)
"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
(Related: Pressure)
"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
(Related: Life, First, Running, Years)
"The thing I do best is laugh."
- Cathy Freeman
"I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Being)
"I make no apologies."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Apologies)
"I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Time)
"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
(Related: Friend, Confidence, Day, Hair, Sexuality)
"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."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Age, Experience, Love, Knowledge, Challenge, Relax, Trying)
"I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: People, Attention, Hate)
"I don't have a lot of regrets in my life."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Life)
"I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless."
- Cathy Freeman
"I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: May)
"Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma."
- Cathy Freeman
"Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: People, Attention)
"This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Hope, Chance, Visit)
"When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen."
- Cathy Freeman
"With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Time, Fear, Cancer, First)
"You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable."
- Cathy Freeman
(Related: Stars)
"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
(Related: Being, Confidence, Woman)