To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people for the better. But in the end, nothing can quite compare with winning your first Olympic gold medal.

I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed.

There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too.