It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you!

You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.

Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere

I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.

As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio...

I deliberately returned slowly to training after Raphael was born and everything, apart from being bitten by a dog while out training in Monaco at the beginning of the year, has gone pretty well.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.

Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package.

Sincerity’ and ‘morality’ is the basement of this world.

What's even worse than a flute? - Two flutes!

IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.

It felt smooth coming off my hands. I felt the laces around the ball. It was just all good.

Civility is only a passenger - not a driver - on the information superhighway.

No mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life.

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily.

[Wynton] Marsalis does not aspire to be an innovator, no one else is allowed to have new ideas either.

There are so many misconceptions about me, and it gets frustrating no matter how thick skinned.