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• Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
• When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged…
• Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.
• There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who…
• I am only about winning and getting better.
• The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.
• Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
• When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.
• I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.
• The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
• There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable.…
• I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But,…

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