Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.

I wouldn't have raced a horse. But you'll then throw back at me that Jesse Owens raced against a horse and he's one of my heroes so I'm not going to say it was a silly stunt. I know too much about horses. They're highly unreliable and they've got brains the size of golf balls.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.

The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.

Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal.

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

World records are only borrowed.