The sporting history in the Middle East is not that excellent. The royal family is a big supporter of sports. They wanted to have champions made in Qatar, not just to buy them.

We have excellent facilities, we would say these are the best facilities in the world.

To get to the top in the world, there is much more than just being the best in Qatar.

I find that better than bringing all these institutions under one unified organization, because the monolithic view of history was what the Nazis did. Here we will see history from different perspectives.

I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.