Victoria Pendleton
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I was very hard on myself, too hard, that I would never have achieved what I've achieved.
I had to put the work in.
I wasn't naturally a wonderfully confident, athletic type.
This is all just work.
It's not really talent or gift in many ways.
Oh, yes.
Yeah.
I know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's it.
No, I mean, I love training.
Cycling wasn't the sport that I would have necessarily chosen if I could have had any choice.
But I started racing when I was so young that I had such an advantage.
You know, I had a racing license when I was nine years old.
And my family being keen into cycling, I already had an advantage when I got to 16 because I had so much experience and training already under my belt.
But, you know, I was very lucky to be given the opportunity to represent the country.
And, you know, being an athlete is brilliant.
Like you feel like you can train to be a superhero every day.