I know what it takes to get to the top.

I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We did it because we had pride, because we loved it.

If you criticise something then you have to have an alternative, but we do have to try and improve things.

I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works.

I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it.

But I sometimes think we have too much of a fixation about 2012.

I think the athletes respond well to me because I have been successful.

I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.

Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.

We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and find coaches. We have got to go out there and search for a star.

Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise.

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.

My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority.

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.

I know what it takes to get to the top.

Building a family plan with expectations and accountability for all members builds up the family and motivates each person to do their personal best every day.

The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It's never imposed on someone.

I've always felt very English.

My favorite drive is Highway 101 in California between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. I love the 101; Highway 1 is too windy, and 5 is too boring - the 101 is just right. It's like the Mama Bear of scenic drives.

A brave mind is always impregnable.

My family has had a lot of trouble with cancer in particular. There are a lot of great causes out there but for me to pick one I would say anything that is cancer related.

We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.

When I taught art, I was always asked, 'How do you know you're an artist? What makes you an artist?' And to me, it's like breathing. You don't question if you breathe; you have to breathe. So if you wake up in the morning, and you have to realize an idea, and there's another idea, and another, maybe you are really an artist.

A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.

I can understand there are things like shadows they need to fix after a shoot, but it's unfair to represent an image of yourself if it's not true. They're gonna see what you look like on film anyway, so why try to cover all your wobbly bits in a photo?

Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past present and future.

I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

The thing I will say is that probably culturally, women are treated differently, which means, I think, you're criticized more, you have to listen a little bit more, you have to justify yourself.

Well, the Internet is this miracle. It is an absolutely extraordinary idea that you can press a send button, and you are publishing to the world.

As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the Grand Ole Opry House.

If you feel the government should leave you alone, you're a Republican. If you think the job of the government is to go push people around and take things for you, then you're a Democrat.

Everyone wants to lead when things are going well.

I don't think we should have to do a Mars mission on the basis of hysteria. I think we should do a Mars mission on the basis of a deliberate judgment that what we want to do is open up a new planet for humanity... that we are continuing to be a nation of pioneers.

I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape.

I was adopted by two amazing people: a Salvadoran mother and a white father who were incredibly supportive of me and my work. I am eternally grateful for them.

I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.

If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.

My values - going back to my childhood - were always based on respect for all people and rejection of bigotry and racism.