Caroline Buchanan

I just want kids to have a chance to go and try an Olympic sport. Every kid has a bike - that's how I started, and one kid coming along and giving it a go could make that journey to the Olympics.

When I compete, I love a huge crowd, expectation, pressure, and I like to have nerves: the butterflies flying and my hands shaking. This way, I am completely amped, focused, and ready; otherwise, I tend to be to relaxed, content, and don't perform at my maximal potential.

I'd love to be able to dominate cycling in general, not just one event.

You learn a lot from your first Olympic Games experience. Everyone thinks they're prepared, but you never are.

I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, everything.

The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level.

I get called Pink quite a lot. The Pink of the Action Sport World. Or Queen of the Dirt - some call me that.

You have got to act on instinct; you've got to ride from your heart and let that performer come out. You can't over-think it too much because if you're thinking, the race is already over.

In BMX, you need an inner mongrel, something that's a point of difference in the female category.

I've always been very competitive - that runs in our family. I'd always try to beat my brother. I'd race the boys and wanted to beat them. They toughened me up. They didn't treat me like a girl.

I quickly realised that there is no 'I' in team. So I am so fortunate to have a supportive family that has been there for me since day one.

The majority of the time, I'm just in my team training clothes or work-out gear, but whenever I'm killing time, I always like to watch 'Project Runway' or 'America's Next Top Model.'