I have really earned my stripes, this has been such a long time coming and I feel I'm the man.

I'd cut an arm off to win that gold medal. The pole vault would be difficult but that's a rubbish event for me anyway!

I'm in the premium position with just a few boys breathing down my neck. I should have been a boxer after the shot put, I'm just so full of adrenaline.

It feels 10 times better than I thought it was going to be.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

There they found a subject who had been shot once in the leg. The victim, a 38-year-old man, was transported to a local hospital where he underwent surgery for his injuries.