Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, …

- Linford Christie

My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority.

- Linford Christie

I know what it takes to get to the top.

- Linford Christie

I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works.

- Linford Christie

Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be…

- Linford Christie

When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes of Ron have put into ma…

- Linford Christie

I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it.

- Linford Christie

I think it is good for youngsters to see me at 45 still jogging around the track. If me being here gives them a boost then thats great.

- Linford Christie

I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We did it because we had pride, because we …

- Linford Christie