I vary my days between skiing and snowboarding - I can go fast down pisted runs but still struggle in the bumps on a snowboard.

Playing for England was a massive honour and when I was in the team, that was all I wanted to focus on.

I said I'll need to get my nose straightened one day so that I can breathe properly and that was translated by the press into me having it done.

With ski jumping I reached a plateau and the more I did it the worse I got.

A French player, Sylvain Marconnet, broke his tibia skiing in 2007 and missed his home World Cup. For me the risk of breaking something versus the reward was never worth it.

You love me, " she said. "That's enough. We love each other.""Yes. Yes, that's true." He smiled. "We are a love story.

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.

If I were to run around the world playing just the cello concertos - and believe me, I love playing them - I would be counting my entire repertoire from year to year on my two hands.

Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.

Let your love to life be love to your highest hope; and let your highest hope be the highest thought of life!

I do not have a 24-year-old girlfriend. I have another life altogether.

I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.

What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority.

Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.

Be kind to yourself this evening. Buy something for yourself. Treat yourself to a meal. Look in the mirror and give yourself a smile