I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.

I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.