| What was the best moment in your career as a sculler? |
Winning the silver at Sydney in the W4x. |
| What did you do on the evening after your Olympic final? |
Media media for 11 hours then a very late meal at the supporters hotel. |
| What did you miss most during your last months of hard training? |
Doing dangerous things, risking life and limb. |
| Describe briefly how you enjoyed life in the months after your win. |
Missing meals, being dehydrated and not training. |
| How where you received back in Britain after the Olympics, and did your life change because of fame? |
My dad met me at the airport, and sorry I haven't changed. |
| What is your biggest motivation to continue after your silver medal? |
Haven't got over the thrill of the silver yet. Ask me in six months time when I have come back down from cloud nine. |
| Can you describe who is your toughest opposition in the HTWSC? |
The toughest opposition is my brain; I can only go as fast as my brain will let me. As for competitors, they're all worlds class. No-one will make a mistake. |
| And what is your assessment of the other athletes? |
Respect for their achievements and skill. Hot, Hot and Hot. |
| Have you got any other dreams of what you would like to achieve in life? |
Finding the right man, climbing the biggest mountain and fording the widest river. Life's a challenge; each day brings another obstacle. |
| What is the best moment ever in a boat? |
The effortless sensation of moving away from another boat during a race. |
| And the worst? |
Letting yourself down. |
| Have you ever fallen in? |
Loads of times - it's all part of the learning curve. |
| Most embarrassing moment? |
Getting stuck on a barge in Battersea and having to get the river police to pull me off. |
| Who do you admire most in rowing? |
Steve Redgrave |
| And outside rowing? |
My mother |
| Any famous or poetic quotes by yourself (or others)? |
"If it is to be, it's up to me". |