People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.

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.

May I nurture the serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can change and wisdom to know the difference

Reading thus introduces an "art" which is anything but passive.

I was conscious, then, of a different ache, deeper and more sharp than the feeling of bereavement that a hangover will sometimes uncover in the heart.

His fierce appreciation of female beauty, the unrelenting desire he felt for their company, the pleasure he both derived and sought to give, had led him in and out of quite a few bedroom doors.

But I know this. We're ready to move forward again in our way. Together or apart, no matter how far apart, we live in one another. We go on together.

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls.

It's impossible to expect polite behavior from people who've never witnessed it.

I don't like to look a man in the eye.

You don't just decide to destroy a person by making up stuff, and no one at 'SNL' is writing to go after someone.