A week's work now is worth four down the collective path. Our plan over the next 18 months will have this in mind. |
I urge the whole of the UK to get behind this bid. |
Jim Sloman and his team can help us deliver those goals and I am delighted that they will be working with our excellent in-house team to search for improvements wherever they can be found. Our aim is to put sport and the athletes right at the heart of the bid. |
My job now is to put the team together that will be with it right the way through to 2012 and as soon as I have found a new chief executive I will take a step back, |
Our vision is to present to the world, in 2012, the best Games ever, for athletes, for the Olympic family, for spectators. |
Sport and the needs of athletes are central to London's plans for the Games, and I know that Jonathan will continue to represent these views energetically. |
The Queen and Royal Family were strong supporters of London's bid and it was a delight to show Her Majesty how the Olympic Park site has continued to develop since winning the bid. |
We should leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of a winning bid, |