What a great opportunity to come to my fifth Olympics, be flag bearer and also be a returning medalist so I have a platform to talk about something and hopefully do some good in this world.

It's important to talk about it. You raise awareness. But you can also prevent it (child abuse) by not letting it be a secret.

It's easier to limit yourself, but if you do, you will never reach your true potential.

If you want it and you dream about it...there's nothing that's going to stop you.

There's a lot more pressure when you're a medal favorite. Now, nobody has any expectations for me. Nobody knows what I can do, so I'm riding with nothing to lose.

It was something I really wanted to do. I can't imagine what it will be like to carry the flag and walk through the doors of the stadium. I'm thrilled to lead the team.

Neruda had his first dream, First meeting with the Moon and the Sun In sunny La Mancha, hiding in his heart, Where he learned how to sing like a nightingale.

I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music.

I feel such a tenderness for these vulnerable nighttime conversations, the way words take a different shape in the air when there's no light in the room.

I came up from a difficult background.

No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.

We are the creatives with teeth. We know ideas are more important than our personal wellbeing.

Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

There's not enough of us in the Northern Territory in Federal Parliament to squabble.

They kissed for the sort of endless moment that only exists between lovers whose lips are still new territory to one another.

Winter isn't forever. Winter is always followed by spring. And it's how to take advantage of whatever season you're in.