Ellie Simmonds

Athlete

1994-11-11

Quotes by Ellie Simmonds

• I don't see it as a disability. I'm just a normal person, but a bit smaller than everyone else.

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• I would have loved to sneak off and watch some of the horse events at the Paralympics and I know Lee Pearson, who's the Olympic gold medallist in para-equestrianism, but because I was competing in the pool I had to watch it on TV.

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• I spoke to my parents and my agent a year before Rio. I was like: 'I don't want to do this. I want to get away.' They said: 'Just grit your teeth for a year. Then you can have your break. And if you want to retire, you can retire then.' I was in tears. I just hated it.

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• It can feel a bit surreal. Sometimes you're talking to famous people and you think, 'Oh gosh, I'm talking to Lewis Hamilton.'

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• People come up to me and say, 'You're that swimmer.'

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• As a swimmer I know how important it is to be fit, healthy and eat well.

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• I've got to go out there and do a job and focus on swimming and do my own thing, and I think us athletes can go out there and perform no matter what... This is what we train to do.

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• We had a trampoline in the garden that I used to play on lots which was great exercise.

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• I'm OK travelling, meeting people, seeing the world with my own eyes.

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• Tuna pasta bake is one of my favourites, its quick and easy to make when I'm busy training.

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• I lived in Swansea Marina and was a minute's walk from the beach. I used to love going to Mumbles and visiting Gower with its fantastic beaches like Langland, Oxwich and Caswell.

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• You only live once and you need to enjoy life, to go out and achieve whatever you want to.

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