It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.

I can handle coming fifth as long as I know I've given my all out there and have no regrets.

I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.

This is my job. I just wake up, and I train.

With the responsibility of being a professional athlete, I believe that it is on us to go out there and help people.

We all started playing football against our best friends, and I can't remember a moment where, because it was my best friend, I did not want to win against him.

I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.

Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.