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

It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.

We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two or three years on a whole new set of events. You're used to doing well and it's difficult to give that up.

I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.

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

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

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.