The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.