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Leisel Jones Biography

Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medalist for 100-meter breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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I've achieved everything I ever wanted. I've done three Olympics, world championships, I've been around the world and made good friends. But I still have the inner drive to do more, to be not just good, but to be great.

Drive, Everything, Good Friend, Inner, Sports, Three

I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.

Control, Limits, Motivational, Swimming, Swims

I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change.

Change, Motivational, Open, Sports, Swimming, Used

I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is

Motivational, Nobody, Sports, Swimming, Think, Unbeatable

It's easy to forget when you're an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the world, at whatever they do, they're still nervous

Athlete, Elite, Gets, Motivational, Sports, World

It took a lot of guts to change it and say 'I don't like the life that I'm living and I don't like the swimmer I am', so let's change it completely and say 'Look, I've got to learn to love myself'. And that's been a really hard thing to do because when you've done a performance that you're not proud of and the public and the media have criticized you. . . . . people are really quick to make judgements so it was tough to say 'Well I don't care what you have to say. I'm going to do this for myself and if you don't like me after this, well then, it's too bad'.

Criticized, Love, Motivational, Sports, Swimming, Thing

I'm really quite exhausted at the moment, but you never know, you are always surprised at what you can find sometimes, and maybe I will find something deep within to find the desire to swim fast

Exhausted, Moment, Motivational, Sports, Surprised, Swimming

Going into that race I was going for the world record, just quietly, but I wasn't feeling at my best all week so it was hard to determine what would happen. I could not believe it, I went into shock, I'm still in shock.

Believe, Motivational, Record, Shock, Sports, World

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