Of course I don't expect people to call me Sir Chris. That'd be embarrassing. — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
As a sports person there is definitely a responsibility to be a good role model. — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
You are always pushing, pushing, pushing but it is when you do that that your body can break down. — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
I've just made the most of what I've got, and the mental side of it is half the battle. — Chris Hoy Battle Copy Share Image
If I don't do anything for two or three days in a row, I feel really grumpy. My mood changes. — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
Cycling is low-impact, which is why people cycle into their 70s or 80s, but track cycling means hard gym work and crashes. — Chris Hoy Cycle Copy Share Image
I listen to a variety of stuff on my iPod: Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Public Enemy, Foo Fighters, anything that gets my adrenalin… — Chris Hoy Brother Copy Share Image
Those lactate sessions were the worst. I'd be in a lab on a turbo trainer and I'd do four 30-second efforts at… — Chris Hoy Effort Copy Share Image
As an elite athlete, I trained to win. Training was at times brutal - it has to be when you want to… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
After the Olympics I was going to a lot of functions and found that if I was eating badly my energy levels… — Chris Hoy Eating Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that most cycling kit exists for a reason. The padded shorts, for example, might look silly, but if… — Chris Hoy Bottom line Copy Share Image
My advice is before a big ride, eat a meal 2 hours or so before, to allow you to digest and process… — Chris Hoy Advice Copy Share Image
I don't tend to listen to music in training, except maybe the radio in the gym. I do use music prior to… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
The support is absolutely crucial. If you have the right people helping you in the lead up to a major event, then… — Chris Hoy Administrators Copy Share Image
I worked closely with Steve Peters, the British Cycling team's psychologist, and we came up with a strategy of dealing with the… — Chris Hoy British Copy Share Image
I discovered in Melbourne how wonderful it is to be part of a successful team, when good morale spreads throughout the squad,… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
It sounds so innocuous but the difference between 99 percent and 100 percent is huge. You can finish at 99 percent and… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
In terms of actual day-to-day training; a normal training day would begin with a gym session for about two hours, focusing on… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
If you stop and think about it before you compete, you would freeze. If you think about the millions of people watching,… — Chris Hoy Consequences Copy Share Image
When you're on your own you have control over most of the variables involved in the preparation and the race itself, whilst… — Chris Hoy Celebration Copy Share Image
Someone like Jessica Ennis-Hill having her first baby then bouncing back to become world champion in the space of the year. I… — Chris Hoy Achievement Copy Share Image
All the support and opportunity started and then Le Mans became the pipe dream, the thing to aim for, the end of… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
Thai food became one of my favorite types of food, it's so delicious, and when you finish a meal it's a double… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
It is an important competition and I certainly rate my gold medals at the Commonwealth Games right up there with my world… — Chris Hoy Commonwealth games Copy Share Image
You know how hard you work. You know what you put into it. You want to win more than anything else. So… — Chris Hoy Disappointment Copy Share Image
The closer you get to competition the volume of training you actually do is less, so as to allow your body to… — Chris Hoy Body Copy Share Image
Getting fit and eating well doesn't always seem easy. But at the end of day when you start to see a difference,… — Chris Hoy Accomplishment Copy Share Image
As a former track cyclist I know only too well the risk of crashing. You don't dwell on it when you are… — Chris Hoy Accidents Copy Share Image
Even when you feel as though everything is 100% it can still go wrong on the night (like in Melbourne!) so you… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
The Manchester games in 2002 was the breakthrough for me because I won my first individual Gold medal and that gave me… — Chris Hoy Confidence Copy Share Image
But coming back from injury, is like starting to exercise for the first time. You can't get stuck in straight away because… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
I really don't know how athletes manage to do it, having kids while they're still competing and being able to stay at… — Chris Hoy Athletes Copy Share Image
To win like that, in Scottish kit, in the U.K., beating the Olympic champion, hearing Scotland the Brave on the podium, I… — Chris Hoy Brave Copy Share Image
I've said numerous times how proud I am to be Scottish and how proud I have been to compete for Britain, too,… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
As a sprinter, body weight was never an issue for me, not like the long distance riders who have to be so… — Chris Hoy Body Copy Share Image
Usually in the evenings, I go for a one-hour road session for a gentle recovery road ride. It's a really steady stint… — Chris Hoy Body Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what your target is, write down your goal and then plan how you are going to achieve it. — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
The Commonwealth Games have their critics, though I suspect that they are generally people who haven't experienced them. — Chris Hoy Commonwealth Copy Share Image
If you go to the line knowing you have given it absolutely 100% in every training session you have done, you know… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
My predictable stable routine completely changed once I retired. I went from a regimented and vigorous daily training program to a routine… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
