I always try to keep in mind the I do all that training for a reason, which is to compete to the best of my ability.

In triathlon you don't get to race that much so when you're on the start line you just need to make sure you focus on the job in hand and enjoy yourself.

I've never made a conscious effort to do anything about my psychological side. I just try to think positively and enjoy it.

The main thing with triathlon is you've got to be as fit as you can. I train all year round.

You need to enjoy yourself and just get into the routine of keeping fit and enjoying being active. That's always easier once you've made friends in the sport.

I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously.

I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season.

When you train seven days a week, you need good scenery to inspire you.

It's better to train for 4-5 hours a week than to do ten hours one week then nothing for two weeks. It helps your body adapt and also maintains your fitness.

Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture.

why shouldn't he? All life is just a progression toward and then a recession from one phrase-- 'I love you

I think that's the great thing about being with, having a dog, is it kind of forces you to be in the present because that's definitely where they're spending their time.

I think that these flows of refugee are the inevitable counterparts to the flow of capital and goods. In other words, they too are by-products of globalisation.

The minute you feel like you've completed something you lose that momentum. I've learned how to avoid that. That's the bottom line.

Creativity needs to be exercised to grow strong.

I support the death penalty and will continue to do that.

It had long been an ambition to find the line of force that might lead to the Holy Land in the time of Christ.