If I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned.

In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.

I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.

There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.

If I'm not playing football, I'm preparing to play football. That's kind of how I kind of view my life.

I always told myself I was more than a football player, so every off season, I pushed myself to go outside the box and get a little bit better off the field. I dabbled in many business adventures to gain more real world experience.