Lynn Davies

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

U.K. Athletics needs to develop a financial independence so it no longer has to be subject to the whim of politicians. If you are reliant on government, there is a big problem.

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.

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.

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

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