During my pregnancy I ate healthily, stayed fit and carried well. — Denise Lewis Ate Copy Share Image
There was always that steeliness about me, even as a youngster. — Denise Lewis About Copy Share Image
Being a new mum at whatever age is testing and I think I've forgotten what it feels like. — Denise Lewis Age Copy Share Image
Parents with a West Indian background tend to be more strict. — Denise Lewis Background Copy Share Image
Anybody who says the Olympics is just another race is not being honest. — Denise Lewis Being Copy Share Image
Life presents us with lots of forks in the road - big choices that define what kind of a person we are… — Denise Lewis Choices Copy Share Image
I was determined to be fit during my pregnancy because I didn't know what I was going to get in terms of… — Denise Lewis Be prepared 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 Earn 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 Community 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 Human Copy Share Image
When I was an athlete I never listened to music because I was constantly so engaged with my own self and body. — Denise Lewis Body Copy Share Image
I was 11 when I first saw the Alexander Stadium. I walked through the door and thought, 'Wow, this is it. This… — Denise Lewis Door 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 Food Copy Share Image
I really wasn't well - feeling feverish then cold - so I went to the doctor to find out if I had… — Denise Lewis Blood Copy Share Image
Let's face it, you get home from work and what's the first thing that comes off? It's your bra, isn't it? You… — Denise Lewis Clothes Copy Share Image
People would measure you by your shape, you used to find a lot of male athletes peeling off their tops - just… — Denise Lewis Find Copy Share Image
When I was running as an athlete, I'd be looking at my heart rate, monitoring when it started to peak, when it… — Denise Lewis Always Copy Share Image
As a girl, I was a member of Birchfield Harriers, who had Kathy Cook, Tessa Sanderson and Sonia Lannaman in their team.… — Denise Lewis Country Copy Share Image
The magazines drive me insane, because it's such an unrealistic ideology, that you're going to have a baby, or even just be… — Denise Lewis Baby Copy Share Image
The Commonwealth Games is an event for everyone. I believe it continues because of the unity and appreciation in respect of diversity,… — Denise Lewis Appreciation Copy Share Image
I still wanted to see it officially on the scoreboard but, when it was announced 'Denise Lewis is Olympic champion,' it was… — Denise Lewis Champion Copy Share Image
I have moved on now from athletics, but it was difficult initially after I retired. — Denise Lewis Athletics Copy Share Image
I'll never forget how frustrated I felt when I didn't make the team for Barcelona in 1992. — Denise Lewis Barcelona Copy Share Image
