Greg Rutherford Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Greg Rutherford:
I think the first time baby recognises me and smiles is going to be one of the most amazing times of my life, to be honest.
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My favourite series of all time has been 'Band of Brothers.' That was amazing; I've watched that so many times.
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I'm a bit of a history goon, and I love all that. Anything that's medieval-based up until, probably, the Tudor period and just after, I'm quite into.
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I'm very driven, and there are lots of things I can't do.
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I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym.
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To put up with me, you have to be patient.
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I've not received any major sponsorship deals or anything else.
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I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.
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Running up a steep hill or up steps are fantastic ways of building explosive strength.
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Lolo Jones came up to me and said, 'Well done, Greg,' and I don't think I've ever spoken to her in my life.
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I was quite lucky: although my dad worked a lot, whenever he was free, he would play sports with me and my brother, and I can't wait to do that with my child.
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It's changed from one-hit wonder to 'Greg Rutherford wins events.' That's what I've always wanted, that level of recognition.
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Over the years, I've had torrid luck with things going wrong.
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I want to jump far all the time and go out there and win medals.
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If the room falls silent for a moment, all I hear is white noise.
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I thought I was going to jump further than that, but I don't care - I'm Olympic champion.
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My parents were great at making sure I got out of bed when I needed to play football on a Sunday morning and that I was ready after school to go to training on a Tuesday and Thursday. But it was never forced upon me or rammed down my throat. If it had been, I could have ended up hating sport.
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If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them.
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I'm excited by going 85 mph, head-first, down an ice track.
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I do weights three or four times a week, and it has had an incredible impact on my confidence.
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Me and my brother just used to fight all the time; then my sister came along, and it was all about the little girl in the house. We'd always eat dinner together as a family.
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Ultimately the clothing company is a large investment on my part, and I'm taking a huge gamble. But having a focus away from the track is good for you.
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I knew I was going to be a sportsman.
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My entire life, I've been searching for acceptance.
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Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief.
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Ultimately, I'm enjoying what I'm doing.
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As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually.
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Hopefully, I can get multiple distances out there and re-establish myself as one of the best jumpers in the world.
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If you look at the skeleton, the start is very important.
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I think it was just me who thought I could be Olympic champion. I've been telling myself that, and I did that.
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I have a real passion for anything medieval, which is why I love the drama series 'Game Of Thrones.'
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People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.
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It's all about proving it on the track and proving to people that have different views wrong.
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I take my three dogs for long walks every day, and I use that time to talk myself through winning every major competition.
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It's very hard to win anything in athletics.
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I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level.
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I always start the day with a protein shake: protein powder mixed with water, peanut butter, and yoghurt to thicken it up.
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I think there are lot more lows in an athletes career than the highs, but you've got to be bale to take them on the chin.
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I can't tell you how much everyone has worked so hard for me, as well as myself.
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For a long time, I thought I'd be a physio if I wasn't a sportsman. At one point, I wanted to be an inventor, and I'd come up with little schemes.
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I'm never happy to settle.
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I come into these competitions to win, not to get silver or bronze, so it is frustrating.
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When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.
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Ultimately, you've got to answer your critics on the track, and I am very much hoping 8.41m is acceptable for people.
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It was when my American coach Dan Pfaff came over from the States in 2009 and started working with me that we really began to look at my diet. He decided I was eating too many carbohydrates, so I cut back on bread. Over the next year I lost weight and became leaner.
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Ultimately, I love the sport; I love doing what I do.
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There are not many people around the world who can say, 'I get paid to jump into a sandpit.'
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I was that ginger kid who always wanted people to like him. It's hard, and you've got a big chip on your shoulder for a long time.
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During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life.
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I take magnesium to prevent cramps. A few years back, I suffered from hamstring tears, and part of that can be to do with muscle cramping, and then pushing the muscle at that point. I also take a fish oil supplement.
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If other people have problems with my competitions, then there's nothing I can do.
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Jumping isn't as important to my training as you might think; I'm only in the sandpit once a week. There's a high risk factor of injury doing it, so instead, I rely on my progress in the gym to judge how far I'll jump on the big day.
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I have been in discussions with the BBC regarding my involvement with SPOTY after hearing what I believe to be very outdated and derogatory comments from a fellow SPOTY nominee.
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I've never had a car sponsor or all the things that most others seemed to have had.
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I was persuaded to see 'The Muppets' by a friend, and I regretted it. A very boring hour and a half.
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I want to become double Olympic champion, triple Olympic champion, five-time world medallist.
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Fruit is carb-based, and I limit carbs when training hard.
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It's quite funny because I always talk to baby through Susie's belly, and every time I start speaking, I just get kicked in the face.
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I live in a beautiful village in the middle of the countryside, and being able to disappear off on my bike for a couple of hours two or three times a week is a wonderful way to relax.
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I was always the slightly fat kid, which used to bother me quite a bit.
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My dad is a builder, and my mum's a nurse. They're just very normal people.
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My grandfather died before I was born, so I never had the chance to speak with him about his father. But I learned about him from books.
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I train six days a week.
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Athletics set the right sentiment for a clean and believable sport.
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I haven't actually checked my family tree, but Rutherford is a very old Scottish name, so I've probably got Scottish genes a few generations back.
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When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion.
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I've had 30 hamstring tears.
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It will be good fun finding out what sport baby's good at; perhaps it will be something obscure. My parents were fantastic at taking me to training sessions and letting me try lots of different sports, so I want to do the same.
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I don't think there are many long jumpers who can say they have jumped so hard that have lost their hearing.
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The type of IBS I am prone to is the constipation type, where I get trapped wind and can get sharp painful spasms in my intestines as well as having sluggish bowels.
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I drive relatively fast - within the remits of the law, obviously - but I struggle with people who do stupid things on the road. I have a massive urge to shout expletives at them.
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I eat a lot of vegetables and salad. I put strawberries, pomegranate seeds, blackberries, and blueberries into shakes and add Greek yoghurt for a snack. I have this when I'm not training.
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When at home in Buckinghamshire, I tend to work out for two to three hours on the track or in the woods close by and then do weights.
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The DNA showed I have a level of endurance in me which I never really realised, which makes sense.
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Even though arguably I could have done much better at school, I'd decided at a young age that I was going to be a professional sportsman at some sport. And at that stage, there was a bit of luck: I was fortunate to meet the right people at the right time to get me to where I am now.
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If I win the Olympics in Rio, then I'll have each title in double.
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I now have five major titles, and not many athletes can say that.
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I would love to be an historian. I'm a bit of a history geek and love books and programmes on the subject.
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Being in a scenario where you're thinking, 'I can't do what I want to do due to the financial burden that comes with some of it,' makes you think, 'Well, I could go and do an after-dinner speech every night.' I'd probably earn more than I could in track-and-field. But that's a dangerous scenario to get yourself into.
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I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children.
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I am the Olympic, World, Commonwealth, and European champion now, and I hope that's enough for people to accept that I am a half-decent British athlete.
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Adrenaline is an incredible thing.
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It would be pretty special if I could win two Olympic gold medals, one at the Summer Games and one from the Winters, so I'm going to give it a real go.
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All I can do is turn up and compete.
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Since the Olympics in London, people say, 'Greg's won again. That's what we all expect. Of course he wins.'
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My team are incredible, and I have the most amazing parents and beautiful girlfriend in the world.
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I was very into football in my early teens and spent six months with Aston Villa, but I never really got further than having trials. I'm also into ice hockey.
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I seem to be the 'luckiest' athlete around - and that's one of the most frustrating things. You compete against a vast array of people and train your whole life for those moments.
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I wasn't jumping like Carl Lewis, but I still won an Olympic title.
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People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.
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There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.
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Although 8.25 isn't very big, it's good to be the best of Europe again.
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I'm a very keen baker; I pride myself on my cakes. I go along the classic sponge line, but I like to jazz it up: I've made some psychedelic birthday cakes.
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