Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!

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.

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

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

Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.

The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.

Vision is a romantic thing. We have got into 'talent identification'. I am much more interested in passion - finding people who are really excited about doing something.