All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

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

The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.

I believed that we had to answer the question: Why are we doing this? And it wasn’t until we started to articulate, internally as an organisation, that it was about using the Games to inspire young people to participate in sports that we each understood what we had to do.

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

Our success in Singapore was a Herculean effort by the whole team. Now I am determined to deliver on all we promised. I will be watching like a hawk.

It is to create the best Games the world has ever seen by unlocking the UK's unrivalled passion for sport, by delivering the best Games for athletes to compete in, by showcasing London's unmatched cultural wealth and diversity and by creating a real and lasting legacy.