As a Liverpool fan, I'm an eternal optimist because of what we did in Istanbul in 2005.

My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!

I actually hated dancing. My mum used to have to bribe me to go by buying me things. A year before I stopped going, I was going to go for an audition with the Royal Ballet. It turned out I was a year too young. Because I was tall, they thought I was older. But before I had the chance to go back, I quit.

No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.

In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.

I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.