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" Being happy in general makes life so much easier. "

" Coming to the Gold Coast and being able to live as an openly gay man is really important. "

" Ensure you eat within 20 minutes of a workout. Choose healthy snacks such as slices of ham, a handful of almonds, or fruit. Sometimes before bed, I have a teaspoon of almond butter or peanut butter, which gives me enough protein to get me through the night. "

" Every morning, I do 10 minutes of mindfulness, where I do meditation, and I use that in competition and everyday life. "

" Every time I dive, I feel an adrenaline rush like I did that first time. Until my body fails on me, I will keep going. "

" Every time you go up to the board, you get scared. It's more like adrenaline, though - you feel pumped and ready to go. "

" Exercise is key, of course, and people wrongly think you have to spend hours a day in the gym. Actually, you don't. All you need is simple equipment, and you can train in your living room. "

" Finishing overall champion at the World Series in both the individual and synchro events has given me great confidence and I'm pleased I've been diving with consistency. "

" I always knew that I liked guys. I just thought it was a normal thing to like guys but then also appreciate girls' attention too. "

" I didn't look at any of the newspapers, I look at the pictures sometimes, but apart from that I don't read them. "

" I feel extremely lucky to compete openly as who I am, not worry about ramifications. "

" If I do a bad dive, that's in the past. Move on. The next dive is a completely separate thing. It's just about being really present in a particular moment. "

" I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics! "

" I'm partial to the Cornish coast, as it's near where I grew up in Plymouth. The views across the water are stunning. I love walking along the sandy beaches and the seafront paths. "

" I normally get four weeks off each year, so often I'll go to Los Angeles, or if I have a weekend off, I'll do a European city. "

" I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today. "

" I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent. "

" It means so much to be European champion again with a personal best and I couldn't have asked for anything more. "

" I've got to be a husband on my visa. Going to Russia can be scary - you've got to compete in front of lots of people who know I've got a husband. "

" I wake up an hour and a half before I have to leave the house to do everything I need to do. But I have my routine, and I stick to it. "

" I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome. "

" I would say, if you come out, they can't take away how you play football. That was the thing for me: once I did come out, it's not going to affect my diving. I can still perform, no matter what anybody else thinks of me. I'm judged for what I do in the diving pool. "

" Marriage is a sign of commitment between two people and something I always thought would happen when I was a kid. "

" My best advice for jet lag is to sleep as much as you can on a plane, no matter what time it is. Then, when you arrive at your destination, do some sort of physical activity. "

" Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year. "

" Once, every four years, you get an opportunity to compete in the Olympics. You have these six dives that decide whether you're an Olympic medallist or not, which is quite intense. "

" Sexuality didn't come into it when I was bullied, but for so many years, being LGBTQ was one of the biggest things you would be bullied for at school. Hopefully, as time goes on, it will be a completely accepted thing that people won't have to think about. "

" Submerging myself in water makes me feel better after travelling. There's something about it that does it for me, and I usually go for a swim after every trip. "

" The 2012 Olympics was such a high, but once it was over, I felt really down in the dumps. You don't really look beyond the event which you've spent four years preparing for, and so there's a bit of a comedown. "

" There are some great divers in Europe and I'm really excited about going to Eindhoven. "

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