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

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.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

During a photo-call with fellow Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew- Pity Steve Ovett didn't show up. Then we could have had the good, the bald and the ugly.

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

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

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