Quotes from Chris Hoy

As a sports person there is definitely a responsibility to be a good role model.

The uptake of people getting involved in cycling is partly down to the big success the team has had in the Tour de France, the Olympics and the World Championships.

I've been to Florida, Texas and California in the States, but New York is the place I really want to visit.

The closer you get to competition the volume of training you actually do is less, so as to allow your body to rest and recover between sessions.

In the 84 days after Beijing I had, on average, three things a day and one day off. I didn't sleep in the same bed for more than two nights in a row. It sounds a bit pathetic but it was exhausting - it was like really intensive training with no rest days.

I've been involved in cycling all my life and at a high level for 20 years. It consumes your every waking minute whether you are aware of it or not: your last training session, your next session, what you are eating next. It is a passion.

The biggest challenge is trying to be in two, or even three, places at once.

I'm still like that kid who loves being involved in bikes.

The P2 is the best car I have driven so far. Once you get your head round it, it's fun to drive, it's responsive, it does what you ask but you have to treat it with respect or it will bite you.

As an elite athlete, I trained to win. Training was at times brutal - it has to be when you want to represent your country and to be the world's best.

I'm lucky not to have suffered any severe problems with my mental health but there have been lows, like when Callum was born prematurely and had to spend so much time in hospital.

Well, having a pint is not going to stop you from winning a gold medal, but for me the question was 'is this going to help me win a gold medal?' if the answer was no, I'd cut it.

I'm not saying having one pint will stop you from winning but you don't want to finish a race disappointed with your performance and then remember that beer you had one day.

We all have limitations in different forms. It could be financial, health-wise, work, family, whatever - there are things on the surface that limit what you can do.

To win like that, in Scottish kit, in the U.K., beating the Olympic champion, hearing Scotland the Brave on the podium, I was very emotional.

I really don't know how athletes manage to do it, having kids while they're still competing and being able to stay at the top of their game.

The Commonwealth Games have their critics, though I suspect that they are generally people who haven't experienced them.

Kuala Lumpur was my first ever multi-sports games. I didn't do very well but the experience and enjoyment I had of those games really made me realize how much work I had to do and inspired me to work harder for the Sydney Olympics.

Scottish people don't take themselves too seriously. I think you have to be like that when you're from a place where the weather is bad.

My dad got an old bike for five pounds, re-sprayed it, made it look like a BMX and put big handlebars on it. I loved it.

Most riders, experienced riders, if they go down in a crash and don't get up straight away then they know something is wrong.

If you considered the risks of everything in life you wouldn't leave your house. But I am a father and a husband. I don't do these things for the hell of it. At the same time you accept the risks and acknowledge that there is a risk, that there could be a big crash or worse.

Cycling is low-impact, which is why people cycle into their 70s or 80s, but track cycling means hard gym work and crashes.

I'm a bit rubbish at everything apart from cycling.