After such a tough season, it is very satisfying to produce it in an Olympic final, and to do it like that, by a few hundredths of a second.

Every time the phone goes I hope it's someone to tell me I'll get the laptop back.

With Matthew Pinsent it used to drive me mad that every time he ate his cereal he tapped his teeth with his spoon. Luckily we won't have any cereal on board. It's better that we don't know each other, as there will be more to discover.

It must have been a tough decision for Jurgen. He took all six athletes involved by surprise but I have total faith that what he is doing is in the best interest of the top athletes and British Rowing.

Four years of emotion went into those six minutes out there,

[They haven't quite worked out yet how they will get over the embarrassment.] I imagine it will be an issue at first, ... Perhaps we should stand up and introduce our bodies to one another like at an AA meeting.