I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.

Without the concentration of the mind and the will, performance would not result.

Just because they say it's impossible doesn't mean you can't do it.

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.

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.

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.

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