I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official.

To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.

The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.

Vision is a romantic thing. We have got into 'talent identification'. I am much more interested in passion - finding people who are really excited about doing something.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.

Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!

If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.

World records are only borrowed.

Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle, end, a story unfolding.

Don’t just have dreams. Take actions too. To make it possible, begin every dream with a simple action and your interest will beam out.

If the only song you sing is love, it is the greatest.

People fall short. Your finger-pointing hurts you more than it does them. Less judgement. More compassion

If there's no chocolate in Heaven, I'm not going.

Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.

What will die with me when I die, what pathetic or fragile form will the world lose?

Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state.

Western culture is what is at risk from immigration from the Middle East.

I think that water is a tremendous organizing principle.

I'm always, all the time, eating chocolate. I eat pretty healthy, but then I go all out when it has to do with chocolate.