When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.

As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

Staying healthy and consistent is paramount.

I was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.

Were taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that youre never perfect and that youre never good enough.