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

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

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

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.

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.

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which races were run, and I simply just won these by a considerable margin

My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.