For kids it's natural to be competitive.

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

I've still got a small fitness and conditioning business where I travel round the world doing stuff for individuals and corporations, mainly fitness training.

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.'

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

But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.

We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two or three years on a whole new set of events. You're used to doing well and it's difficult to give that up.