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

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 qual….

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

The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation..

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

I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official..

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, ….

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

If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage..

World records are only borrowed..

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

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

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

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 ye….

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

To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has….

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

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 ….

Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hear….

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, th….

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 co….