Training can be monotonous, and it is hard work, but you never lose sight of why you are doing it. Every single… — Chris Hoy Big events Copy Share Image
Focusing on the long-term goal can be disheartening when you're so far away from it, so it's vital to have ongoing targets… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
I'm not saying having one pint will stop you from winning but you don't want to finish a race disappointed with your… — Chris Hoy Beer Copy Share Image
I loved going to our winter training camps in Perth, Western Australia, when I was competing as a cyclist. — Chris Hoy Australia 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
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
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
The biggest thing I noticed growing up when I was doing BMX racing or playing rugby through to secondary school level, was… — Chris Hoy Life Copy Share Image
I've been involved in cycling all my life and at a high level for 20 years. It consumes your every waking minute… — Chris Hoy Cycling Copy Share Image
If you considered the risks of everything in life you wouldn't leave your house. But I am a father and a husband.… — Chris Hoy Father 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
