I start to giggle when I hear someone call me Baroness Grey-Thompson. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Comedy Copy Share Image
I'm fairly frequently told 'It must be horrible being like you.' — Tanni Grey-Thompson Being Copy Share Image
When I was competing we were training 15 times a week. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Competing Copy Share Image
Most disabled people get used to a certain level of abuse. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Abuse Copy Share Image
I love recycling but my husband, who's an industrial chemist, says we shouldn't use any of the products that require recycling. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Environment Copy Share Image
No one should be expected to do more than they can remember, which for me would be about five things at a… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Lists Copy Share Image
We must seek consensus across all political parties that obesity is a complex disease for which no single cause or cure exists. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Consensus Copy Share Image
Competition motivates female athletes to keep pushing themselves when sensible people would be sitting down and putting their feet up. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Competition Copy Share Image
The real problem is just not having any goals, or setting them too low. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Goals Copy Share Image
I've been told I was brave, or that I challenged adversity. Growing up in a middle-class family in Cardiff didn't feel that… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Adversity Copy Share Image
The thing most disabled people cite when they are seriously or terminally ill is not the pain, not the suffering - it's… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Being Copy Share Image
As a wheelchair user and a frequent traveller, of course I have my own collection of horror stories. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Collection Copy Share Image
The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed,… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Athletes Copy Share Image
My husband Ian and I decided to try for a baby after the Sydney Paralympics, and I got pregnant quite quickly. But… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Baby Copy Share Image
I've had years of people talking about the 'real,' 'normal' or 'proper' Games when they meant the Olympics, and 'the other Olympics'… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Normal Copy Share Image
Legacy means so many things: accessible venues, transport, better awareness in schools, and a wonderful event which establishes healthy lives for another… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Awareness Copy Share Image
I really do not want any visually impaired people to be injured, but I really dislike tactile paving, especially when it is… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Chance Copy Share Image
Perhaps we need to redefine our idea of role models; they're not always elite athletes whose success might seem too distant or… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Elite Copy Share Image
Twenty years in sport has given me a broad perspective on life, bringing me into contact with a variety of social issues,… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Come Copy Share Image
As a disabled person I have to think and plan far more than anyone else. If I want to catch a bus… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Disabled Copy Share Image
What most impresses sportsmen and women who exist outside the cycling bubble is the weird paradox at the heart of road cycling:… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Destroying yourself Copy Share Image
Through my professional life as both an athlete, and latterly with organisations such as the Youth Citizenship Commission, I've seen first hand… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Life Copy Share Image
At 70, my late father, Peter, underwent a foot amputation after surgical complications. There were suggestions that at his age being in… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Age Copy Share Image
I remember trying to go to the cinema with my friends, so I must have been nine or 10, and being told… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Cinema Copy Share Image
As someone that has always been involved in sport, I firmly believe that people do need to be fitter and healthier in… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Believe Copy Share Image
I mean, I hope I intimidate the others on the track. I'm the only one who does a warm-up lap. I heard… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Competition Copy Share Image
For me, watching the 1985 London Marathon was a seminal moment. — Tanni Grey-Thompson London Copy Share Image
If sport had not been possible, I would have studied to be a lawyer. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Been Copy Share Image
What the country, what the media wants to see is medals. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Country Copy Share Image
I turned everything into a race - even getting dressed. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Dressed Copy Share Image
Obesity is a complex disease, influenced by a multitude of factors. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Complex Copy Share Image
I'm always glued to the Tour de France, with cycling being close to wheelchair racing in terms of technology and how we… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Always Copy Share Image
