“After the Olympics I was going to a lot of functions and found that if...” — Chris Hoy Quote

After the Olympics I was going to a lot of functions and found that if I was eating badly my energy levels dropped.

All the support and opportunity started and then Le Mans became the pipe dream, the thing to aim for, the end of the rainbow.

Decent cycling clothing today is designed with reflective strips or subtle detailing that is visible under streetlights or in car headlights. You'll find that you can be seen just as well as you would in a builder's fluorescent vest.

I was six when I saw 'ET.' It changed my life. I wasn't interested in cycling at all before.

It is an important competition and I certainly rate my gold medals at the Commonwealth Games right up there with my world titles and my Olympic titles.

My fear is dying badly, through illness or injury. But what a glorious demise it would be to burn up in space.

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.

The family I grew up in was very inflexible and harsh. It left me with the feeling that if you do let somebody down badly, then even if they tell you it's all right, it cannot be all right.

I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I think it's badly written.