I think the athletes respond well to me because I have been successful.

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.

I think it is good for youngsters to see me at 45 still jogging around the track. If me being here gives them a boost then thats great.

I think the athletes respond well to me because I have been successful.

I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works.

When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes of Ron have put into making that product. Without the Ron Roddans of this world, you would have no sport.

I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We did it because we had pride, because we loved it.