Greg Rutherford

My grandfather died before I was born, so I never had the chance to speak with him about his father. But I learned about him from books.

I was always the slightly fat kid, which used to bother me quite a bit.

Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes.

We seem to want one vehicle to carry people and soccer balls and hay bales.