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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level. "

" I felt I was never going to beat Igor Ter-Ovanesyan or Ralph Boston because they were the joint world record holders. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving. "

" It's not a bad idea to have gossip and talking points in athletics. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" There's so much hard work, dedication, and focus goes in from not just the athletes but from the coaches, officials, governing bodies, and Sport Wales. It's a real team effort, and it's rightly called Team Wales. "

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