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If the shoe fits, wear it: Oscar reveals how he coped with his disability during childhood

Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00

If the shoe fits, wear it:Oscar reveals how he coped with his disability during childhood

"My mother used to tell us in the mornings, 'Carl put on your shoes, Oscar you put on your prosthetic legs . . . So I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes." – South African runner Oscar Pistorius, who races on carbon fibre prosthetic blades.

"Basically, we are not human, we dropped from space like Mr Bean. Mr Bean is not a normal guy, he makes jokes. We are not normal guys. We are from space, I am from Mars." – Yohan Blake on the Jamaican team – Usain Bolt's reply: "Yohan is crazy. If he keeps talking like that, someone is going to put him in a straitjacket one day."

"I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead. If they do that, I will be the happiest guy in the world." – Erick Barrondo after winning Guatemala's first ever Olympic medal by finishing second in the 20 kilometre walk.

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"I just love fighting. And I love beating people up." – Claressa Shields (17) US middleweight gold medallist.

"It'll be nice to ride along with a bit of peace and quiet, enjoying riding the bike without all these bloody idiots on motorbikes taking photos of you." – Gold medallist Bradley Wiggins looking forward to a little less attention.

"I saw the board with number 31 on it and thought my brother had got a penalty. I thought 'What an idiot Alistair, youve got a penalty'. Then I looked at my arm and realised I was number 31. – Triathlon bronze medallist Jonathan Brownlee on his 15-second penalty for getting on his bike too early – Alistair the idiot won gold.

"She could make a donkey do anything." - Jane Dujardin after her daughter Charlotte won gold for GB in the dressage.

Viva Hate: Morrissey unable to watch jingoistic Games

"I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? . . . the spirit of 1939 Germany now pervades throughout media-brand Britain." – Morrissey, the former Smiths singer, not quite getting into the spirit of London 2012 things.

"It seriously feels like a nightmare. My house has burnt down, my brother has broken his neck, I've had setbacks in my life before – but nothing compares to this." – Caroline Buchanan, Australia's world number one, after finishing fifth in the BMX final.

"Even men in prison get their wives to visit." – St Kitts and Nevis sprinter Kim Collins after he was dropped from the 100m heats for spending the night in a hotel with his wife.

SO CLOSE . . .

Im gutted. I did everything right, but thats sport. There were 10 to 15 guys who wanted to win medals today and I finished fourth. What can you do? – Robert Heffernan after finishing fourth in the 50km walk.

"I'm going to work so hard for 2016." – Less than an hour after finishing fourth, Annalise Murphy had Rio on her mind.

"I'd have taken a bronze medal coming here but when I got so far I wanted to go the whole way. I feel I'm a failure . . . I'm heartbroken, I wanted the gold. I wanted to join the club with Katie Taylor and Michael Carruth. – Still, there was a silver lining to John Joe's Olympics.

CREATIVE LICENCE

" 'Inspire a generation' is our motto. Not necessarily 'Create a generation', which is what they sometimes get up to in the Olympic village." – London Mayor Boris Johnson on the potential impact of hanky panky in the Olympic village.

"There are semi-naked women playing beach volleyball in the middle of the Horse Guards Parade immortalised by Canaletto. They are glistening like wet otters and the water is splashing off the brims of the spectators' sou'westers." – Truly, Horse Guards Parade will never be the same.