People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.

Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.

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

I am only about winning and getting better.