There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them.

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.

When you're walking into the stadium, you just say to yourself, 'the 100m is the same anywhere, the shot put is the same weight anywhere.'

Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.

When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.

The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.