Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

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.

Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.

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

Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.