Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.Collection: Friendship
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.Collection: Morning
I can't change my personality. I'll always smile, but I'll be more focused.Collection: Smile
In the lead-up to competitions, I just watch box sets and DVDs and play 'Candy Crush.'
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 want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.
I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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.
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.
Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
I want people to tell me the truth.
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'm training once a day, four days a week, and just loving life.
Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.
I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.
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.
If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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.
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.
You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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.
You can only train three or four hours a day, so what do you do with the other 20 hours?