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

If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

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.'

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

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.

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

I don't even have my own computer.