I love food so I tend to remember places by the food I've enjoyed there. — 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
I love meandering down the streets of Tuscany and the food tastes like it's been kissed by the sun. — 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
I love 'I'm A Celebrity...' and those kinds of things. But sometimes I find reality stuff a bit distasteful. — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Obviously it is well documented that I didn't love the 800m when I started out. But I, er, learnt to appreciate it. — 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 Image
I used to race up all the time and started cross-country from about the age of six. — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I love 'I'm A Celebrity...' and those kinds of things. But sometimes I find reality stuff a bit distasteful. — 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 they can… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Sydney has such a cosmopolitan feel to it. The food is great and Australians are so friendly. — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
