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.'

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

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

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.