Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
Thankfully, I found athletics. My mum didn't like it at first, but the funny thing is that, now, she's the biggest athletics fan out there. She's a real expert, and she's got all the heptathlon books.
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 got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
I'm training once a day, four days a week, and just loving life.
When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'
You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.
If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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.
That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.
I can't be disappointed with my first gold in a senior championship, and to score 5000 points, which only one other woman, the world record holder, has got over, I am satisfied.
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.
We are all trying to achieve our dreams.
Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.
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 always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
In 2012, I was over the moon to be there, especially as it was our home Olympics. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I just wanted to take everything in.
It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
I want to win medals for myself.
I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
I think 2020 can still be my time.
I'm very wholehearted. I want to concentrate on one thing in my life at one time.
I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
I can handle coming fifth as long as I know I've given my all out there and have no regrets.
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!
You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
Competing in London would be a dream come true.
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.
In the heptathlon, you can be any shape. Some of the girls are more built than others, and their strong events are the shot put and javelin.
I've been training quite hard.
When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.
I like to balance competing with studying. It's hard work at the moment, but it could be worse.
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.
Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.
I just need to concentrate on each event and accumulate a good score, and hopefully I won't flop in the 800 m. in Gotzis.
I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
You can only train three or four hours a day, so what do you do with the other 20 hours?
I don't want to be someone else.
For a long time, I thought it was all down to dedication, hard work, and visualising doing well - that worked for a bit, but then it stopped. I've realised you have to be more practical and mature to make things actually happen.
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!
I want people to tell me the truth.
I'm in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.
I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.
I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.
I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
I can always go back to education.
In the lead-up to competitions, I just watch box sets and DVDs and play 'Candy Crush.'
I have seven disciplines to train for, and so I try to complete them all every week.
I can't change my personality. I'll always smile, but I'll be more focused.
Before training, I eat slow-release energy food, such as porridge or muesli, especially in the morning. Afterwards, I eat protein so my muscles are able to recover, such as a protein bar followed by a meal of chicken and vegetables. I always stay hydrated during workouts by drinking plenty of water throughout.
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.
I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.
As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.
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