Quotes from Lynn Davies

If athletes are found to have taken performance enhancing drugs, then they should be banned for two years, even if they are British.

Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level.

There's so much hard work, dedication, and focus goes in from not just the athletes but from the coaches, officials, governing bodies, and Sport Wales. It's a real team effort, and it's rightly called Team Wales.

People need to have clear goals about why they are exercising, and they should consult a fitness expert to find out what kind of exercise is suitable.

People like Ellie Simmonds, David Weir, and Hannah Cockroft have become superstars alongside the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis. I think it has changed attitudes to disability.

It's not a bad idea to have gossip and talking points in athletics.

One of the top political issues of the day is how to combat young people not being active anymore.

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete.

The reception and the welcome home was quite overwhelming but an indication of how much the Welsh people valued my winning in the Olympics - it was a great memory.

The important thing for the future is that our schools and clubs have more and better coaches and teachers to ensure that all that enthusiasm, spirit and talent is harnessed and developed.

There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.

I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems?

U.K. Athletics needs to develop a financial independence so it no longer has to be subject to the whim of politicians. If you are reliant on government, there is a big problem.

We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics.

Long jumping sounds simple - you run fast and jump well. But it is about getting all the technical bits right.

It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught.

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.

You can be even fitter at 60 than you were at 20.

You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.

Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.

It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either.

Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr.

I played rugby in the winter, cricket in the summer, and for a brief period was on the books at Cardiff City. Athletics was only sports day for me. In fact, I never really liked it. I was never too keen on a sport that didn't have a ball at your feet.