I've always wanted to be an athlete, I loved sport and PE in school and always watched the Olympic Games on TV. — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
I obviously had my family to keep me amused and I took up golf when I retired from athletics. — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
I fell in love with athletics watching the 1980 Moscow Olympics, aged seven. I thought: 'These people aren't human, they're immortal.' — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Athletes make nothing like the money that footballers or even cricketers earn. If you are a female athlete you are at the… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Anything that looks at sport in its entirety is my bag. It's not just about bringing back medals, it's about communities, people's… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Well, now I am retired I am doing a variety of different sports such as cycling and tennis, and I have pulled… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Growing up in a terraced house in Wolverhampton, just me and my mum, I don't know where I got my love of… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
When you are in a sport, there is a plan to reach for perfection in a certain week in August and it… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
I've been to many Games and Championships and the mascot plays a special part. It brings a certain energy to the event,… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Success breeds success and the more you are around a healthy and thriving athletics team, the more the people who only think… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
The thing is athletes get more confidence the more they race, the more they are hitting personal targets - it just gives… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
I just hope, in terms of legacy, that more kids want to choose a life in sport that they are more active… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
I'd like to see a show about what happens to young sports stars who've been pushed too hard by their parents or… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
You have to find space in your own mind to completely focus on the job at hand. That's the only way to deal with… — Denise Lewis Copy Share
I used to race up all the time and started cross-country from about the age of six. — Denise Lewis Copy Share
The initial feelings when you step into the Olympic arena representing your country, your community, representing yourself can be really overwhelming. — Denise Lewis Copy Share
In heptathlon, if one day goes extremely well, you've got to go to bed and start the next one completely fresh - lose what… — Denise Lewis Copy Share
I have this one room - it has a TV, a sofa, some candles. I close the door, sit down and lose myself. — Denise Lewis Copy Share
Growing up in a terraced house in Wolverhampton, just me and my mum, I don't know where I got my love of sport from. — Denise Lewis Copy Share
I love 'I'm A Celebrity...' and those kinds of things. But sometimes I find reality stuff a bit distasteful. — Denise Lewis Copy Share
Success breeds success and the more you are around a healthy and thriving athletics team, the more the people who only think they can… — Denise Lewis Copy Share
Sydney has such a cosmopolitan feel to it. The food is great and Australians are so friendly. — Denise Lewis Copy Share
People would measure you by your shape, you used to find a lot of male athletes peeling off their tops - just to say,… — Denise Lewis Copy Share
I'm always striving to be the best, and that works for me, but it might not be everyone's desire. — Denise Lewis Copy Share
