Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.

I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.

I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.

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

I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.

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