There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could

Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly

I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way.

My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.

The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.

There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.