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

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 gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.

Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.

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

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

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

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.

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 became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.

I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.

I know most players do, but I always keep both eyes opened. I still do it. I see two shafts, the real one and the transparent one. I look for what's on the inside edge of the transparent one

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Moving on doesn't mean forgetting.

I'm a writer first and a woman after.

Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture.

Friday's a free day. A woman's day.

To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary.

Whenever a woman says 'We need to talk,' it means she's reached a decision and it's already too late for you to talk back.

The fans have always supported me; bought my books, attended my camps and wore my sneakers. I will always have a special relationship with the fans.