Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

How many times do I have to say it? … Well, it can't be any clearer than 'I've never taken drugs.'

I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.

It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is their natural, unthinking bravery... Adults know too much about failure; they're more cynical and resigned and fearful.

It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.

If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.

I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.