I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.

Charlie Parker was a genius, as was Lester Young.

Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.

I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be a good thing. It will teach them to win, it will teach them to lose with dignity and magnanimity - all the things you want. It's a pretty good metaphor for life.

We have to recognise there are very few countries you will take the Games to where somebody doesn't have issues on foreign or domestic policy.

Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people for the better. But in the end, nothing can quite compare with winning your first Olympic gold medal.