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

Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales, where walking was part of the holiday.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

Beating John Landy was my defining race.

Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.

It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ.