The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.

Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. Its about being there at big moments, but its also just the consistency of decision making. And its routine.

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

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.

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

Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle, end, a story unfolding.

I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.