We need to be confident. We need not to blink.

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.

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.

It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.

The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.

I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.