The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will never be a time when the human spirit will not be able to better existing records.

I couldn't touch my toes with straight legs, but I could break 4 minutes for the mile.

The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally not very important, where you would put it.

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do it. I loved the countryside.

We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is a strong wind, because it makes your running uneven.