As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.

It really is all about believing in yourself: 80 per cent mental, 20 per cent physical.

Succeeding in sport is about how much practise you put in.

When you see your male counterparts living a completely different lifestyle, I think it would be quite depressing! So no, it's not for me.

I really love routine and so I've never found it a problem. I really enjoy it. I don't mind somebody organising what I have to do. I'm a creature of habit in some ways.

I like to eat healthily anyway and I think I've become more disciplined now I've retired - because I'm such a creature of habit, I don't find it hard to do. I quite enjoy the challenge.

It would be great to be recognised for my achievements, but Sports Personality isn't about that.

I've been taught by some of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the country, and I've learnt that technique for weight training and cycling is very much more strength and less conditioning.

I genuinely enjoy the process of making colourful, delicious food. But I do allow myself an occasional piece of chocolate - today I had a pastry. If I fancy something, I'll have it.

Food plays a large part in our weekend, but on a Friday evening, I'll make us something simple for tea. I might have a wee glass of wine.

I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!

‪You would not be able to manage millions of dollars well when you are not managing thousands of dollars ‬well

Sin gains power over us not by its indomitable force but by our divided heart.

I let the other guys handle the talking. I love playing.

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

We don't see many films in which someone with schizophrenia is the main character.

From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.

The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience.

There are few persons to whom truth is not a sort of insult.

I realized I’m not supposed to be pursuing impact, I’m supposed to be pursuing God. And when I pursue God I will have exactly as much impact as He wants me to have.

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.