Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.

At university level, I had an economics lecturer who used to joke that I was the only student who handed in essays on British Airways notepaper.

I know many people who are actually queasy about the idea that their kids may harbour sporting ambitions.

I find comfort in numbers and that is number one

I thought she had a good heart, though not much respectability- or maybe it was because of that.

From our initial observations, our hard work has paid off. This is a springboard for the next 30 days. We are in good shape to take the battle even harder and further towards our goal of bringing the Olympic Games to London in 2012.