Tom Daley

“When you're young, you think your parents are embarrassing and always saying and doing the wrong things, but as you get older you really appreciate how right they were about so much.”

“Training hasn't been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame.”

“Being happy in general makes life so much easier.”

“I'm partial to the Cornish coast, as it's near where I grew up in Plymouth. The views across the water are stunning. I love walking along the sandy beaches and the seafront paths.”

“I normally get four weeks off each year, so often I'll go to Los Angeles, or if I have a weekend off, I'll do a European city.”

“I didn't look at any of the newspapers, I look at the pictures sometimes, but apart from that I don't read them.”

“The 2012 Olympics was such a high, but once it was over, I felt really down in the dumps. You don't really look beyond the event which you've spent four years preparing for, and so there's a bit of a comedown.”

“Every time I dive, I feel an adrenaline rush like I did that first time. Until my body fails on me, I will keep going.”

“Sexuality didn't come into it when I was bullied, but for so many years, being LGBTQ was one of the biggest things you would be bullied for at school. Hopefully, as time goes on, it will be a completely accepted thing that people won't have to think about.”

“Once, every four years, you get an opportunity to compete in the Olympics. You have these six dives that decide whether you're an Olympic medallist or not, which is quite intense.”

“If I do a bad dive, that's in the past. Move on. The next dive is a completely separate thing. It's just about being really present in a particular moment.”

“I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome.”

“You ask any Olympian what the year after the Olympics is like - you always get the Olympic blues.”

“I always knew that I liked guys. I just thought it was a normal thing to like guys but then also appreciate girls' attention too.”

“You can only do so much in the gym or pool. Seventy per cent of it is physical, but the final 30 per cent is down to the mental capacity to actually control what you can do in competition.”