If there's anything I'm proud about from that season, it was not being deterred by appendicitis and a torn quad.

If there's anything I'm proud about from that season, it was not being deterred by appendicitis and a torn quad.

Thanks to Tony, he didn't give us much time to think about that shot. I thought we never lost control read more

Thanks to Tony, he didn't give us much time to think about that shot. I thought we never lost control of the game.

The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, read more

The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth?

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand read more

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand up and say that is not down to me coaching on the field. You'd be better off asking Michael Foley and Richard Graham about that because they have been in charge, not me.

The music is great and it's a great political satire.

The music is great and it's a great political satire.

Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good read more

Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good news ... graduation, a new house ... but the negative stuff doesn't have a place in the office.

That rigging slipped down underneath that horse as I came off and I was dragged once and a half times read more

That rigging slipped down underneath that horse as I came off and I was dragged once and a half times around the arena. I was looking up at the belly of that horse the whole way.

Carlos had a puncture and I was in his dust for a time. Then he caught me and we let read more

Carlos had a puncture and I was in his dust for a time. Then he caught me and we let him passed. Then Hiroshi came back at me and we were all running closely together until I collected a rear-right slow puncture and that cost me the chance of winning the stage.

Every night, most of the focus is on me.

Every night, most of the focus is on me.