During a photo-call with fellow Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew- Pity Steve Ovett didn't show up. Then we could have had the good, the bald and the ugly.

I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.

Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.

I am only about winning and getting better.

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.

Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it.