The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence. But fear must play some part...no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown into the wind.

No longer conscious of my movement, I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never dreamt existed.

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

I've always been very impatient. At age 10 I frankly found life boring, and I can remember age 9 having the awful thought, as it seems now looking back on it, A war! That should liven things up a bit!

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

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