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

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

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

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

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

For kids it's natural to be competitive.

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