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.

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

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.

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

I am only about winning and getting better.

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

I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you can. In fact there should be some sort of unspoken law that says that a coach cannot have anyone for three or four years - if you have not passed on most of the stuff you know in that time, then you are not doing a good job.