Sir Chris Hoy: My terminal cancer diagnosis has taught me how to get the best out of life

“When the dust settled I realised that the important things I wanted to do were the small things, the things that we often glaze over, that we don’t even reflect on,” he said.
“Time spent with your kids, with our loved ones, a moment reflecting as the sun comes up in the morning and you have your coffee, and you think ‘ah, it’s wonderful.’
“Little things that we’re just so busy in life that we tend to dismiss or move on from very quickly but if you can slow things down, for all of us, not just anybody in my situation.
“Appreciating the moment and recognising that what’s done, what’s in the past, you can’t change that – and what’s coming in the future, you don’t actually know, good or bad, so there’s no point worrying right now.
“You may as well just enjoy the moment. If you worry about something you suffer twice.”




