The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner.

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.

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

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

It seems quite impossible to walk in America.

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.

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was for me to become a doctor - a career which had not been possible in her generation and in her society. Sport was something to be set aside.