It's a blessing not to be alone in your grief but it's also painful to see your parents and siblings in pain.
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.
You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people. . . When people see me, often all they see is another Australian athlete having a go. It isn't until they see the full Cathy Freeman picture that they realise how proud I am of my ancestry and heritage. I'd like a little more tolerance and acceptance of my culture and all the differing cultures that make up Australia.
Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well.
Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are.
Sitting in the lap of the model you intend to paint never seemed to me to be the ideal location.
The infamy of n - - is - it's a word that has been used to terrorize people, to put people down. But it has also been used in other ways. It's also been used as a way of putting a mirror up to racism.
I'm prepared. I have a gun and I know how to shoot, and whoever comes calling without an invitation will get it in the rear end.
Our wish is that. . . [there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry or that of his fathers.