All sports are based on good timing, and this is critical for sportswomen who are considering pregnancy. One of the most important considerations is the 'season': if a woman wants to carry on in sport afterwards, there are certainly good and bad times to choose.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Competition motivates female athletes to keep pushing themselves when sensible people would be sitting down and putting their feet up.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Obesity is a complex disease, influenced by a multitude of factors.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Any strategy, policy call or future manifesto should not view a child's health through the narrow prism of what they eat, but put diet on an equal footing with mental health and physical activity.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

I have seen first hand the vital role that the physical activity sector - with its widespread workforce of coaches, youth workers, activity professionals, play workers, health mentors and community activators - has in helping to tackle childhood obesity.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

We must seek consensus across all political parties that obesity is a complex disease for which no single cause or cure exists.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Carpets are the bane of a wheelchair user's life. One minute you are happily moving in a certain direction; the next, the weave throws you out.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

I adore mobile technology, but it annoys me as well.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

No one should be expected to do more than they can remember, which for me would be about five things at a time. This is why I write lists.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

I really do not want any visually impaired people to be injured, but I really dislike tactile paving, especially when it is cracked or on an uneven or steep dropped kerb. The ones I dislike most have the metal buttons that have little chance of wearing down.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

As the Paralympics has evolved and the profile has increased, the coverage has been greater, and there are more Paralympians receiving awards than ever before.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed, not in the final weeks of preparation when they may be at their most vulnerable.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

In the past, I admit, I have not been a strong supporter of our top footballers, who seem to get paid a ludicrous amount of money while many other athletes still struggle for good facilities in most parts of the U.K.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

The general public does not really understand what athletes do away from competition time. They know there will be some exertion involved, of course, but the finer detail passes them by.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

I competed in the Seoul Olympics in 1988, and the weather we expected meant that I spent several weeks using a heat chamber for a couple of hours a day, being monitored to check I was able to compete at my best when I eventually flew out.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

What most impresses sportsmen and women who exist outside the cycling bubble is the weird paradox at the heart of road cycling: the fact that you are out there as a team, destroying yourself physically, and all so just one person can win the gold medal. For athletes used to earning glory for themselves, that is a peculiar concept.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

I've been in races where from time to time I've been called upon to help a team-mate out, or vice versa. But that is entirely different from knowing on the start line that the team orders are not based around you, but are entirely dependent on what you can deliver.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

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.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

A multi-disability team travelling across the world can be quite a journey.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

The fight for a change in attitude towards disabled people is worth the effort because of the long-term benefits it could bring for people in and outside sport.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Tanni Grey-Thompson Quotes

All sports are based on good timing, and this is critical for sportswomen who are considering pregnancy. One of the most important considerations is the 'season': if a woman wants to carry on in sport afterwards, there are certainly good and bad times to choose.

Competition motivates female athletes to keep pushing themselves when sensible people would be sitting down and putting their feet up.

Obesity is a complex disease, influenced by a multitude of factors.

Any strategy, policy call or future manifesto should not view a child's health through the narrow prism of what they eat, but put diet on an equal footing with mental health and physical activity.

I have seen first hand the vital role that the physical activity sector - with its widespread workforce of coaches, youth workers, activity professionals, play workers, health mentors and community activators - has in helping to tackle childhood obesity.

We must seek consensus across all political parties that obesity is a complex disease for which no single cause or cure exists.

Carpets are the bane of a wheelchair user's life. One minute you are happily moving in a certain direction; the next, the weave throws you out.

I adore mobile technology, but it annoys me as well.

No one should be expected to do more than they can remember, which for me would be about five things at a time. This is why I write lists.

I really do not want any visually impaired people to be injured, but I really dislike tactile paving, especially when it is cracked or on an uneven or steep dropped kerb. The ones I dislike most have the metal buttons that have little chance of wearing down.

As the Paralympics has evolved and the profile has increased, the coverage has been greater, and there are more Paralympians receiving awards than ever before.

The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed, not in the final weeks of preparation when they may be at their most vulnerable.

In the past, I admit, I have not been a strong supporter of our top footballers, who seem to get paid a ludicrous amount of money while many other athletes still struggle for good facilities in most parts of the U.K.

The general public does not really understand what athletes do away from competition time. They know there will be some exertion involved, of course, but the finer detail passes them by.

I competed in the Seoul Olympics in 1988, and the weather we expected meant that I spent several weeks using a heat chamber for a couple of hours a day, being monitored to check I was able to compete at my best when I eventually flew out.

I've been in races where from time to time I've been called upon to help a team-mate out, or vice versa. But that is entirely different from knowing on the start line that the team orders are not based around you, but are entirely dependent on what you can deliver.

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.

A multi-disability team travelling across the world can be quite a journey.

The fight for a change in attitude towards disabled people is worth the effort because of the long-term benefits it could bring for people in and outside sport.