In a world of music where success is defined by gold or platinum, our friend Phil Walden was best defined by his heart of gold.

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.

They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody.

It's just like wearing a big gold chain around your neck; it's a celebration of success and excess.

They're taking it very seriously. There's a comparison to the World Cup. They want to win a gold here - they haven't come all this way for nothing.

World records are there to be broken. I see the ultimate as the Olympic gold medal and I have got that.