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

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

" You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying. "

" The important thing for the future is that our schools and clubs have more and better coaches and teachers to ensure that all that enthusiasm, spirit and talent is harnessed and developed. "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" If athletes are found to have taken performance enhancing drugs, then they should be banned for two years, even if they are British. "

" 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 remember one of my first international trips to Poland. After a long, tortuous journey, we arrived at the hotel exhausted but without the team management, who had gone ahead of us from the airport in cars, checked into the best rooms, and left us with what was left. "

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

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

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

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

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

" It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. "

" When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you. "

" We have to harness the Olympic experience and this inspiration young people have to get into sport. "

" I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games - a life ban is too harsh. I think everyone deserves a second chance. If you come back from missing one Olympic games and serving a four-year ban, you are a pretty determined and reformed character. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" It is almost impossible to divorce sport from politics, but sport is such a positive factor in today's society - there is nothing else which will bring so many people together in that atmosphere. "

" 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. "

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

" People need to have clear goals about why they are exercising, and they should consult a fitness expert to find out what kind of exercise is suitable. "

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

" The reception and the welcome home was quite overwhelming but an indication of how much the Welsh people valued my winning in the Olympics - it was a great memory. "

" To win an Olympic title when there are 205 nations taking part, you have to be super-human. You have to be superman. "

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