Katarina Johnson-Thompson

When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'

As a Liverpool fan, I'm an eternal optimist because of what we did in Istanbul in 2005.

When it comes to peaking at the right time, I have to thank my coach Mike Holmes: he is a genius.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.