Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.

I'm competitive - that's what defines me - and I love it.

I don't even have my own computer.

Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.

If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes.

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.

Ford Prefect suppressed a little giggle of evil satisfaction, realized that he had no reason to suppress it, and laughed out loud, a wicked laugh.

Retreat? We're coming out of here as a Marine division. We're bring ... our dead. Retreat hell! We're just advancing in another direction.

To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.

When he buys his ties he has to ask if gin will make them run.

Bismarck was a large persian cat owned by Florence Nightingale.

He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience is clear.

It is a life of FAITH, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us “go.

Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me it was draining.

The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible.