I don't think I was a good enough coach to help an NBA team win a game when I first got to that league.

Tim is old school. He plays that way. That's why a lot of fans identify more with a Tim Heskett than with someone who is more dynamic. The more dynamic guy might be more pleasing to the eye, but he doesn't contribute any more to his team winning than Tim does.

I've been taking off my tie for a lot of years. When I take it off, I usually throw it down.

Some guys have all this talent, and you wonder why they can't put it all together. Well, they don't do any of the little things.

Iowa State's a great team; I know how tough they are in Ames.

I don't think the fans pull for or against a coach.

I loved the NBA. I really did.

Sometimes the harder you work, the more likely you are to maybe break a rule.

When I left college ball, I think I was prepared to coach a team, but I don't think I was prepared to help the team win.

Little old University of Houston jumping up, swinging with the big boys, and that's something to take pride in. I'm happy for our fans, I'm happy for our alumni, but more importantly, I'm happy for our players.

Scott Skiles was a master tactician - they're all masters, but he is elite. He knew how to manipulate his team from an X's-and-O's standpoint.

I came to Indiana for one reason: I think you can win championships at Indiana.

You're not a loser in anything until you quit. Don't quit.

Winning is fun.

I remember going down the tunnel into the Olympic Stadium and getting a glimpse of all the people and hearing all the noise, all the people shouting for us. I'd seen Usain Bolt on the warm-up track, and then, as I walked into the stadium, I sort of realised how big it was!

London 2012 was the biggest thing I will probably ever do, but I didn't realise it at the time!

There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.

It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.

I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.

This is my job. I just wake up, and I train.

At primary school, it was always me and this other girl, Lauren, who would fight over who was the fastest every year. I was quicker, but for some reason, she always got the glory leg in the relay team. That used to annoy me.

My mum was a dancer. She would tour the world with a group, and she had me in a dance class when I was still in a nappy. They told her to come back when I could walk.

I actually hated dancing. My mum used to have to bribe me to go by buying me things. A year before I stopped going, I was going to go for an audition with the Royal Ballet. It turned out I was a year too young. Because I was tall, they thought I was older. But before I had the chance to go back, I quit.

You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.