When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.

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.

Those who are critical don’t like being criticized, and those who are insensitive have a deficiency in their senses.

She needs to make one phone call, and she wishes she could make it into her past. Into last year. Or two years ago.

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments.

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.

The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.

Revenge is never a straight line.

The pilot system in television is utterly broken. It's a huge waste of money.

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

Everybody wants happiness, and nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.