“I feel in a good place, obviously there was a tough patch in June and July, but I'm happy, I'm excited to compete and I just think it'll bring out the best of me”

BBC Sport · Aug 8 · Hodgkinson eyes European 800m gold in Birmingham after 'tricky' season

“I think people [are] trying to make me feel like it was a failure and it really wasn't. It was a British record, my fastest time ever, and I'm going to remind myself of that because I'm proud of that.”

BBC Sport · Aug 8 · Hodgkinson eyes European 800m gold in Birmingham after 'tricky' season

“It's really special. Winning is very important to me this year because it'd be my fifth European title indoors and out, and that is five years of work.”

BBC Sport · Aug 8 · Hodgkinson eyes European 800m gold in Birmingham after 'tricky' season

“I don't know what anyone else is going to do, but I think it is going to be the race of the championship. It's going to be really fun.”

BBC Sport · Aug 8 · Hodgkinson eyes European 800m gold in Birmingham after 'tricky' season

“It has been a tricky season, but I know what I am capable of when I step on the line. To win a European title in front of a home crowd would be incredible — it would mean just as much as the Olympic gold.”

TheMeridian24.com · Aug 8 · Hodgkinson eyes European 800m gold in Birmingham after 'tricky' season

“I am not just here to take part. I am here to win, and I believe I have the speed and the strength to do that.”

TheMeridian24.com · Aug 8 · Hodgkinson eyes European 800m gold in Birmingham after 'tricky' season