105 Quotes by Denise Lewis

Athletes make nothing like the money that footballers or even cricketers earn. If you are a female athlete you are at the bottom of the ladder.

I'm a three-meals-a-day person and I swear by breakfast - Country Crisp with raspberries.

Halle Berry's style is simple and elegant.

As a girl, I was a member of Birchfield Harriers, who had Kathy Cook, Tessa Sanderson and Sonia Lannaman in their team. Those were some of the finest athletes in the country, so it was great to see them up close.

For me I tried to not keep a low profile but I was training in a different country as I prepared for Sydney because I had such a realistic gold medal shot. I just wanted to stay focused and not get caught up in all of the hullabaloo and all of press prior to it.

Life presents us with lots of forks in the road - big choices that define what kind of a person we are and how successful we become.

My mum taught me to work hard. I was born when she was only 17 and she brought me up on her own.

I never knew my father.

I did the long jump and hurt my foot. It was a stress fracture in the left foot, which even now, 12 years on, is the bane of my life.