Beating John Landy Was My Defining Race.

It Had Always Been A British Preoccupation To Hold This Mile Record.

I Couldn't Disappoint People. I Did Not Want To Fail And Exhaust Myself, Because I Was The Kind Of Runner Who Trained So Little That I Couldn't Race Again Within Another 10 Days.

The Man Who Can Drive Himself Further Once The Effort Gets Painful Is The Man Who Will Win.

It's Amazing That More People Have Climbed Mount Everest Than Have Broken The 4-minute Mile.

I Lived On The Top Of One Hill And The School Was At The Top Of Another Hill. Nobody Ever Went To School By Car - We Didn't Have Any Cars During The War. So That To And From School Was Itself A Training.