I listen to a variety of stuff on my iPod: Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Public Enemy, Foo Fighters, anything that gets my adrenalin flowing.

- Chris Hoy

Even when you feel as though everything is 100% it can still go wrong on the night (like in Melbourne!) so you never know for sure that you're going …

- Chris Hoy

I worked closely with Steve Peters, the British Cycling team's psychologist, and we came up with a strategy of dealing with the pressure. It basicall…

- Chris Hoy

I don't tend to listen to music in training, except maybe the radio in the gym. I do use music prior to racing though; it helps to fire me up plus it…

- Chris Hoy

When you're on your own you have control over most of the variables involved in the preparation and the race itself, whilst in a team event you are o…

- Chris Hoy

If you go to the line knowing you have given it absolutely 100% in every training session you have done, you know that there's nothing else you could…

- Chris Hoy

The support is absolutely crucial. If you have the right people helping you in the lead up to a major event, then you know when you're lining up to s…

- Chris Hoy

Training can be monotonous, and it is hard work, but you never lose sight of why you are doing it. Every single effort of every single session counts…

- Chris Hoy