There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.

You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.

I am confident of doing well because I am enjoying my sport again.

One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.

I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.

I would rather be average and wise than be extraordinary and imprudent.

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil.

Fame is the accumulation of misunderstandings around a well-known name

The future glory far outweigh the present troubles.

I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.

We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.

I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless

My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.

What's interesting about the Taliban, is they're more afraid of educating girls than they are of drones. One educated girl is more scary to the Taliban than a drone.