“Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.”
“It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.”
“Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!”
“Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of”
“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”
“Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal”
“Greater athletes’ voices was one of the four principles of the World Athletics’ governance reforms in 2016.”
“It's a really simple concept from where I sit. If you get it right for the athletes in any sporting organization, you're going to get 80 percent of it right.”
