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've still got a small fitness and conditioning business where I travel round the world doing stuff for individuals and corporations, mainly fitness training.

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

I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes.

I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.

If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

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