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My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.
My job, and that's my job, is to dress the naked truth. To make it interesting, to make it viable, to make it seem like something you understand and feel and love.
People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.
The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every day of my life, and I've read the Bible now five times and it taught me the English language.
I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. That's when I realized that since the age of 10 I've been using 2012 as my pin number. But now that I've won gold in the 2012 Olympics, I've achieved that goal and, for the first time in 14 years, I'll have to change my pin.
I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.
My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.
At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.
Being confident in your own skin is very sexy. I think when you have fun and are yourself that is sexy too.
Brazil, I'm totally obsessed. I've been going since I was 17, and the first time I went, I fell in love with it.
I am healthy and happy.
I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great!
I get skinnier if I'm very busy.
I grew up in a farm in South Africa and I was scouted there and they sent me to Europe. It's kind of been blessed, since then it happened all so fast.
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