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I don't want to look like Michael Jackson.

Some people thought I was bringing the sport down. I don't think so. I was the best and only jumper my country had.

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I actually had huge problems with my glasses steaming up all the time. I had to train very carefully around the limitations caused by wearing them.

If you are in your sport for your country, you should be able to go to the Olympic Games and represent your sport for your country bringing people together in the interests of sport. It's a fantastic Olympic ideal, and...

I travelled the world because of the way people saw me at the Olympics.

I was exemplifying the Olympian who took up a challenge as a sportsman, without a trainer, in a country without mountains and without snow. And, inside of two years, I was representing my country.

Life is good, and I'm happy, and I don't know that it would be as good if I'd been the winner in Calgary.

It takes a lot of guts to jump. If people criticise, I would give them a set of skis and say, 'Do it yourself then.'

I want to be recognised as exemplifying the Olympic spirit - one of the last true Olympians.

You have to take the rough with the smooth - that's what ski-jumping is all about. You always expect the worst.

I broke my jaw jumping, and I broke my back and my neck in the downhill. This is normal for me.

I can't explain my popularity. I suppose I'm just an ordinary bloke, and a lot of people see a little bit of Eddie in themselves.

I'm the Eagle: I can fly.

I have never, ever considered myself a failure.

There are so many world-class athletes who are great at their sport, but they're so boring. They don't talk, and they can't be interviewed very well.

It had been a dream of mine to go to an Olympic Games since I was about seven years old. I didn't know I'd do it ski jumping, but that's how it turned out.

Both parents were hard-working and made me work for my pocket money by doing household chores. That taught me the value of money and gave me a strong work ethic.

We were not rich by any means. My dad was a plasterer and worked long hours - I hardly ever saw him when I was growing up. He had always gone to work before I woke up, and usually, I...

My mother looked after me full-time when I was young, but as soon as I started school, she got a job in an office.

I was a latchkey kid. Every afternoon, I would walk home from school, let myself in, make myself a banana buttie, and watch telly until Mum came home.

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