Fiona Wood quotes:

My mother's great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don't somebody else will.

Australia has got some of the best sports people in the world, but we've also got some of the best scientists and innovators too, and that needs to be celebrated more.

You don't do anybody any favours by being less than you are.

Mothers are generally starvers or feeders

My father's saying, The harder you work, the luckier you get.

We look at each other with shy relief. It's the look two odd socks give when they recognise each other in the wild.

You see it in schools all over... the concept that 'I'll be somewhat less than my best in order to make those around me feel more comfortable' is alive and well... I'm very keen that they understand that if they make themselves a little less than they can be, it is a one-way street to mediocrity.

Sport...teaches life's lessons. But there's no substitute, in my book, for education, because that gives you choice.