“One thing I would say is that a World Championship in January is tough...” — Tanni Grey-Thompson Quote

One thing I would say is that a World Championship in January is tough on everyone, apart from those from the southern hemisphere, because northern hemisphere athletes are not used to peaking at this time of year.

Down the years, people told me I'd never have a job, never do this or that and I just ignored them.

I've always tried simply to be as good as I can at what I do. I've known success and failure along the way and I think you need to experience both to appreciate the highs when they happen.

The question of when to start a family is not easy for any career woman. But the decision can be even harder when your career is in sport.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

Sacred play is anything that takes you into that right hemisphere of your brain. It turns out that this move away from left to the right hemisphere, that sense of expansiveness and everything, can be accomplished through unusual rhythmic action, or any action that requires so much attention away from words that you cannot think in words.

My life changed forever the first time I went to the southern hemisphere.

I have a relationship with the southern hemisphere that's a really good one. I love it there.