I compete all over the world, so I travel two or three times a month and spend at least six months a year out of the country.

Take noise-cancelling headphones, a good book, and wear comfy clothes.

I always enjoy Oslo. It's a beautiful city, especially on a cold winter day.

For me, box step-ups and power clean [exercises] is by far the best.

For whatever reason, people aren't taught that sugar is a massive enemy.

I only enjoy legs day! For my training, it's sort of vital and I've learned to love it, I think.

For getting lean and trying to get toned, it's not about having a low weight and maximising as many reps as possible.

My worst flight was flying between Macau and Osaka in 2007. The turbulence was so bad that the cabin crew were assuming their crash positions. I had more than a bit of a sweat on.

I think squats is a generic thing - you can do squats with anything. That's the great thing about it. As long as you get in a safe position to do it.

I think if you're not going to look so daft walking down the street split your workouts a little bit.

Skiing with friends in Reberty, France, after the Winter Olympics in 2010, was an amazing trip. I was at my happiest surrounded by all those mountains.

Your level of consciousness depends on your love and understanding of this universe and all its contents.

They seemed no closer to the tops of the peaks that rose before them. It was only by looking back, to the forest far below, that she knew they'd climbed.

When you are genuinely preoccupied in serving others using your talent and experience, doors that you have never knocked start to open up...

This is our foxhole, and in foxholes, sometimes faith is all you've got.

There does not seem to be that collegiality I referred to, there seems to be much more of a them versus us attitude, rather than we all have a role to play in this process so let's get on with it.

Due process is a growth too sturdy to succumb to the infection of the least ingredient of error.

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom and data is the knowledge.

When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.

I'm always in these situations where I forget to separate what is pitched as an idea to the fact that I'm actually going to have to execute it.