I want to win medals for myself.

I don't want to be someone else.

I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.

I can always go back to education.

I'm very wholehearted. I want to concentrate on one thing in my life at one time.

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.'

Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.

I think 2020 can still be my time.

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.

When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.

No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.

I like to balance competing with studying. It's hard work at the moment, but it could be worse.

I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.

Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.

Competing in London would be a dream come true.

I'm in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.

It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.

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.

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 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.

As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.

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.

I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.

I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.

I have seven disciplines to train for, and so I try to complete them all every week.

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.

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 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've been training quite hard.

It's inspiring for me to know that you've got to step up your game.

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.

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.

I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.

I've got so many big gains to make in the javelin and the shot put. I know I'm not going to be winning the field in those events, but I need to do myself justice.

When you see all the medals won by Team GB, you can just see how much it means to each and every athlete, so it just feel like it's a little bit of a missed opportunity - but I'm only 23. I have just got to get on now and keep going.

It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.

Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.

As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.

My goal is definitely a gold medal still in Rio.

There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.

I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.

If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.

Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.

In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.

It's impossible in heptathlon to have a proper rivalry - you're spending two days together and seven events and dedicate your life to it. It's like a marathon: two days of mental and physical exhaustion.

I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.

You don't not want to beat somebody because you're friends with them.

I think I've slayed my long jump demons.

I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.