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" I had jumped about 6.40 metres with no training, no run-up, and certainly no skill, when this big, good-looking guy came up to me and told me I could be great. "

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" Long jumping sounds simple - you run fast and jump well. But it is about getting all the technical bits right. "

" I am delighted that Jason Gardener will be taking over from me as President of U.K. Athletics. With his competitive background in the sport as an Olympic champion coupled with his engaging personality and his experience as a board member of U.K. Athletics, he possesses all the qualities required to be a successful president. "

" I've been involved in sport right through my life. "

" You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life. "

" Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose. "

" One of the top political issues of the day is how to combat young people not being active anymore. "

" It's important for me that I stay in shape, although each year it gets a little harder. "

" The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal. "

" One of our targets as a country is to now work very closely with the Commonwealth countries - they could become a very big market for us. "

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" There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way. "

" I saw what politics did to the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and I would defend the right of a sportsman to go and play and perform where they want. "

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" There are a lot of kids coming in to athletics, but there is also a big drop-out rate. We've got it right at the top end, but we have to maintain the base of the pyramid. "

" You can exercise right through to your 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s. "

" Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete. "

" It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthest on that particular day in the worst conditions of any Olympic long jump final. "

" As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman. "

" Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr. "

" We must have PE teachers and coaches who are well trained and qualified. "

" I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems? "

" The Cardiff Half Marathon has already proved itself to be one of the biggest and best road races in the U.K., and when the best athletes in the world run on the same course, the times should be spectacular. But the real beauty of this event is that ordinary runners get the chance to line up on the same start line as the best athletes in the world. "

" It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either. "

" I still do cardiovascular exercises, aerobic exercises, and then strength training, as it's important to keep your muscle strength, as every decade you lose about 10% of this. "

" I played rugby in the winter, cricket in the summer, and for a brief period was on the books at Cardiff City. Athletics was only sports day for me. In fact, I never really liked it. I was never too keen on a sport that didn't have a ball at your feet. "

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" You can be even fitter at 60 than you were at 20. "

" People like Ellie Simmonds, David Weir, and Hannah Cockroft have become superstars alongside the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis. I think it has changed attitudes to disability. "

" It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential. "

" My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan. "

" I am a sportsman, and I hate politics. "

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" We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics. "