Bronte Campbell

I was a crazy little seven-year-old. I used to get up an hour early to watch the big kids train. I thought, 'I must absorb their awesomeness.' That was my goal from when I was seven. I told my coach, 'I'm going to the Olympics.' ”

I have a very pessimistic view that every win takes you closer to a loss because no-one in the world can keep on winning forever. ”

I collect rings from every country that I compete in, and I swap them around and wear different ones occasionally. I have about 10. ”

When we were very, very young, I was actually better than Cate was at swimming, and I was not very humble and thought I was the greatest thing ever and rubbed it in her face a bit, and then she started trying really hard and started beating me. ”

It might sound stupid, but I don't enter a race to win - I enter a race because I love racing. ”

I love standing up behind the blocks, and I love that moment just before you dive in and it goes quiet, and you take a deep breath and you just dive, and then you try and win, but that moment just before I go, that's why I race. ”

I'm actually really good at vacuuming, and I don't even mind it so much. I hate dusting with a passion, and I am not a fan of tidying up, but vacuuming I can do. And mopping floors: I'm not bad at that, either. ”

I learnt my lessons very early on that it's probably a good thing to be humble in victory as well as defeat. ”

I think, for the benefit of our parents, the perfect night out would be when Cate and I touch the wall and we tie. This is what they dream - that we'll both win. Because then they don't have to pick a favourite child. ”

I normally fly under the radar, and I'm normally not the best in my family, even though I'm sort of second or third best in the world. ”