I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.

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• Victoria Pendleton:

  I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.

• Victoria Pendleton:

  I was just, like, all I want to do is be really good at something. Really, really good at something

• Victoria Pendleton:

  I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.

• Victoria Pendleton:

  I've always been very open with my emotions. Actually, that's got me into a lot of trouble, too, in

• Victoria Pendleton:

  I was constantly being told I shouldn't talk so much about how I was feeling. They seemed to think

• Victoria Pendleton:

  I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.

• Victoria Pendleton:

  One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny

• Victoria Pendleton:

  We are all totally committed as elite athletes. To think that pushing people around and bullying th

• Victoria Pendleton:

  Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me togethe

• Victoria Pendleton:

  I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as much.