If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.

Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly

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

I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a year. I get more gratification from that than putting a person in the Olympic Games. The Olympic athlete probably doesn't appreciate what you've done, but the other guy does. I think it's really rewarding.

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

They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is if there's anything wrong with them, they won't tell you. They'll get out there and run on one leg. They don't moan and groan like a lot of men do.

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