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.

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.

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.

I don't even have my own computer.

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

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

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.