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

When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.

Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

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.

I don't even have my own computer.

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 didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22.