“It is an important competition and I certainly rate my gold medals at ...” — Chris Hoy Quote

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.

I particularly remember the smell of burgers and bratwurst drifting across Cottbus Velodrome in Germany.

Every organization has a responsibility to stamp out bullying and discrimination. From what I read and understand through various conversations, British Cycling recognize they've fallen short in a number of areas.

Of course I don't expect people to call me Sir Chris. That'd be embarrassing.

If you considered the risks of everything in life you wouldn't leave your house. But I am a father and a husband. I don't do these things for the hell of it. At the same time you accept the risks and acknowledge that there is a risk, that there could be a big crash or worse.

All of which was OK, as that proved then, I certainly wouldn't contradict it as a necessary sense of things.

There's a thing that happens to Midwesterners - we spend a lot of time talking about having a different set of rules about manners. I don't know about ethics, but certainly about manners, what you would say and what you wouldn't say. And that is not very East coast.

America was probably Europe's equal scientifically by the end of World War I and certainly surpassed it after the chaos of World War II.

Hollywood does not understand Middle America, and it certainly does not understand and, in fact, despises, the core values of the country.