Kadeena Cox

“I think I was quite abnormal, in that it took me all of a day to get over the fact that I had MS.”

“My mum's my rock.”

“I used to not plan ahead because of the condition I've got. But I've put that at the back of mind and not let MS control my life.”

“I think as an athlete, especially in a sport like athletics, we don't wear very much on the track, so you have to look the part.”

“To be recognized by the Queen, it's just wow, thank you.”

“In 2016 I was fresh and raw and it was grit and determination which got me to the gold medal. Nobody really knew me and what I was capable of.”

“I spend a lot of time thinking and worrying about fatigue. It is the thing I struggle with the most.”

“I'm a bit disappointed British Bobsleigh haven't yet been in touch.”

“I want more gold medals. I only got two in Rio so it would be nice to make it four.”

“That's my dream, to empower people, because there should be no reason that the colour of your skin should stop you from doing everything you want to do.”

“I'm not very good at making decisions.”

“I don't remember what normal eating is.”

“There are days when my legs don't work, so I have to be in my wheelchair.”

“One of the reason I did two sports because I wanted to do something special or different.”

“I think I can get back to a place where I'm more in control and there are small blips, as opposed to massive wobbles every two seconds.”

“The more I'm in the public eye and I get opportunities to speak out about the condition the better. So many people don't understand the condition, they don't understand the struggles we have to deal with.”

“I have MS and am heat intolerant so it is tricky. It is affecting my spasms and affects my speech - which is annoying because I like talking.”

“I've always been a sprinter, I'm muscular. If you put me next to the average sprinter, I would fit in a lot more. But against the Paralympic side, I always feel really big.”

“I had really had tendonitis in both Achilles. You can run through it with one leg, but not two.”

“People don't understand the classification process and they also don't understand a condition like MS and how it has different effects on different people. Neurological conditions are all so different because we don't know what people have gone through and how their brains adapt to it all and you can't assess everything with the naked eye.”