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.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

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

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.

Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.

I am not thinking about life after football, but I know it will be another life, another world.

My priority is to turn people - especially kids - on to sports and being active so they don't even have to think about it being good for their health. If people participate for the fun of it, and believe me - it is fun, then fitness programs will be much more successful.

Indonesia was good - and crazy, too! It was a great experience to play there. I enjoyed the football. It wasn't easy. It's very hot.