59 Quotes by Lynn Davies

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?

I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games - a life ban is too harsh. I think everyone deserves a second chance. If you come back from missing one Olympic games and serving a four-year ban, you are a pretty determined and reformed character.

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.

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.

My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan.

The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.

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

Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete.

To win an Olympic title when there are 205 nations taking part, you have to be super-human. You have to be superman.