I really like pop music, I don't think it's a four-letter word.
I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.
Before the decathlon I'm constantly trying to convince myself that I want to do this, that I want to take myself to that place where it's going to hurt and things are going to be tough. But that's like anything - you want to give your best.
I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.
If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.
It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.
My life was very Japanese.
Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.
I'd forgotten how that sort of craving felt, how it rose suddenly and loudly from the pit of my stomach like a flock of startle birds, then floated back down in the slow, beguiling way of feathers.
Moral education, as I understand it, is not about inculcating obedience to law or cultivating self-virtue, it is rather about finding within us an ever-increasing sense of the worth of creation. It is about how we can develop and deepen our intuitive sense of beauty and creativity.
A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this. . . but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined. We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat. . . . Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.