Clara Hughes

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day. ”

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job. ”

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out. ”

I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager. ”

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been. ”

I am kind of like a diesel. It is the cyclist in me. ”

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. ”

I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job. ”

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do. ”

What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for something then I can succeed. I haven't been listening to my heart in the last little while. ”